PATTANI: A janitor and volunteer at a tambon health centre was killed in a gun attack in Thung Yang Daeng district of this southern border province on Saturday night, police said.
The incident occurred at about 8.35pm on the road near the market in Lae Wae village in tambon Talo Maena.
Eyewitnesses told police that the driver of a Toyota Vios pulled over to speak to a man, who then shot him with a pistol three times in the head, killing him instantly, and fled.
Abdulloh Baho, 52, was his driving his wife from their home in Charo Bongo village to her food stall at Lae Wae market when the incident occurred.
Abdulloh was a health service volunteer and a janitor of the Khao Tum health centre, and a member of a village defence team in tambon Khao Tum.
Police were investigating. It was not known whether the gun attack was related to the insurgency in the three southern border provinces.