Pattani teacher shot dead

Yala - A third-grade teacher was shot dead allegedly by insurgents while waiting to be picked up by a protection unit to his school Tuesday morning.

Police said Somchoke Tipkonglart, 59, teacher of Ban Khaotum School in Pattani’s Yarang district, was shot deady by three young men while he was waiting in front of his house in Yala’s Muang district for a vehicle to transport him to his school in the neighbouring Pattani.

The shooting took place at 7:40 am.

The Nation

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