Asst village chief slain in Yala
- Published: 26 Jun 2012 at 14.50
- Online news: Security
An assistant village headman was shot dead in an ambush at Ban Luemu in Yala’s Krong Penang district late Tuesday morning, said Pol Col Samniang Luechiakkam, chief of Krong Penang police station.
Adong Maseng-bangee, assistant chief for security of Ban Ube in tambon Krong Penang, was travelling on his motorcycle back home from his rubber plantation on a local road when gunmen hiding in the roadside forest fired on him with shotguns, the district police chief said.
Adong fell from his motorcycle and tried to run away, but the gunmen followed, shot him again at close range and then fled.
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