YALA: A man was killed in a gun attack at a tea shop in Bannang Sata district of this southern province on Sunday morning, police said.
Witnesses told police the incident took place at about 7.40am when the man, identified later as Manakuti Chema, 42, of Thanto district, arrived at the shop in Ban Kalabo village on a motorcycle.
Shortly afterward, two men arrived on another motorcycle.
The pillion rider walked into the tea shop and opened fire at Manakuti with a handgun, killing him instantly, before fleeing on the waiting motorcycle.
Police were investigating to establish whether the incident was related to the southern insurgency or a personal conflict.