Elderly man murdered in Pattani

Elderly man murdered in Pattani
Published: 15/05/2012 at 01:01 PM


A 64-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting in Pattani’s Nong Chik district late Tuesday morning, Pol Col Arkom Buathong, chief of Nong Chik police station, said.

Sommart Kesaro, a resident of Nong Chik, was driving a motorcycle back home on the Pattani-Narathiwat road when he was attacked by two men on another motorbike.

A gunman riding pillion on the motorcycle fired on him with a pistol and the attackers then fled.

Sommart was shot several times in his torso and died at the spot.

Police blamed separatist militants.


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