A 59-year-old civilian was shot dead in the restive southern province of Pattani on Saturday morning, police said.
Kodae Wani, 59, a hired hand living in tambon Ban Klang in Panare district, was attacked by an unknown number of armed men on board a pickup truck as he was leaving a local tea shop on a motorcycle around 7am.
The body of the victim was found in a pool of blood when police and soldiers arrived at the scene.
Police said the attackers used M16 assault rifles. They were investigating the motive of the attack.