A villager was shot dead at his house late on Saturday night in Pattani's Yaring district, police said.
Pol Col Mana Nakthang, the Yaring police chief, identified the man as Lateh Awae, 56, of house No 79/1 at Ban Dan in tambon Tako Kapore.
His wife said Lateh was shot twice in the head. She went ahead and buried her husband at the Ban Dan Mosque without allowing police to conduct a post-mortem examination.
Police are investigating the cause of the attack.