PATTANI - A defence volunteer was killed and another man wounded in a gun attack on a tea shop in Sai Buri district on Sunday morning, media reports said.
Pol Capt Chaowalit Atteng, a Sai Buri police investigator, said the incident occurred shortly before 8am when two men arrived on a motorcycle at a roadside tea shop on Cho Kuyae - Sai Buri road in tambon Tabing.
A group of villagers were sitting together in the shop when the gunmen opened fire. Manor Mahama, 50, a defence volunteer of Sai Buri district, was shot in the head and died instantly.
Hamaripeng Late, 47, a villager who was sitting nearby, was hit in the body and wounded. He was admitted to Sai Buri Hospital.
The attackers sped away after the attack.