| A religious teacher who fired on a Thai policeman was shot and wounded in retaliation, marking the latest violence in the troubled Muslim south, Thai police say. The 28-year-old teacher, riding pillion, shot and wounded the policeman as he rode home on his motorbike after completing a night shift in the southern province of Pattani. Thai police said the officer returned fire, toppling the gunman from the motorbike. The rider escaped. "The gunman is a religious teacher at an Islamic school. He is in a serious condition," said Major General Paitoon Pattanasopon, chief of Pattani provincial police. He said the police were hunting for the motorbike rider and were investigating a suspected student of the teacher’s class. |