PATTANI -- A chief police investigator was killed and a junior policeman wounded by gunmen in Sai Buri district on Tuesday evening, Siamrath Online reported.
Pol Lt Samart Rattanapong, a duty officer at Sai Buri police station, said that Pol Maj Rathanan Maphaeng and Pol L/Cpl Nikom Phetkaew, both of Mayo police station, were returning from Kapho district to Mayo district in a pickup truck when they were attacked by four men who had followed them on two motorcycles.
On Highway 4060 near Tuepi Rubo village in tambon Manang Dalam in Sai Buri district, the four men opened fire, hitting Pol Maj Rathanan in the abdomen and the right shoulder and Pol L/Cpl Nikom, who was driving the pickup, in the back. They fled after the attack, which occurred about 6.30pm.
The two policemen were admitted to Kapho Hospital where Pol Maj Rathanan was pronounced dead.
Investigation was underway.