SONGKHLA: The owner of a furniture shop in Thepha district and his wife were shot to death in a daylight attack on Sunday by a group of men believed to be separatist militants, according to media reports.
Police went to the shop at Village Group 3 in tambon Tha Muang after being informed of the attack. Uthis Chanrat, 65, the shop owner, was shot dead at his desk while his wife, Mrs Boonthim, was also shot and found lying dead on the floor nearby.
Police were gathering evidence and investigating the motive for the killings.
It was believed the attack was the work of separatist militants. The shop was previously set on fire on Aug 2, 2013, the day ten different locations in Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and Songkhla provinces came under arson and bomb attacks.