YALA — Three women were shot in Yala and Pattani provinces on Saturday, two of whom died.
A daughter was shot dead while riding a motorcycle with her mother in Betong district, Yala province, on Saturday.
Sirirat sae Chan, 32, was found dead near a motorcycle with a Bangkok licence plate on Km 32 on Yala-Betong 410 Road at 9.30am. She was shot in the abdomen and the head.
Sarinee Sae Thong, her 54-year-old mother, was also shot in the abdomen. She later died at Betong Hospital for loss of blood.
Police found eight 9mm shells and five bullets of the same size at the secene.
Both left home in Than To district to buy food at a flea market nearby.
On their way back, two men on motorcycle caught up and shot at them until their motorcycle fell before they pulled the trigger at close range.
While the murders could be an attempt at aggravating unrest in the four southern provinces, police have not ruled out personal issues as the motive.
Also in Pattani province today, an unknown number of men gunned down Issara Chairitchoke, a teacher at Ban Kuan Tan School in Khok Pho district, according to Thairath Online.
The shooting took place near a petrol refilling station near Nikom Mitraparp in the same district.
She was seriously injured and was brought to Khok Pho Hospital before being transferred to Pattani Hospital.