A retired soldier and a former official of the Southern Border Provinces Administration Center (SBPAC) were both killed in Pattani and Yala provinces yesterday.The first slaying happened in Pattani's Kapho district when Sub Lt Perm Petnui, a retired solider, was riding a motorcycle. Attackers shot him and then set fire to his body.
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Officials believe the attack was linked to the southern insurgency.
The other killing was that of Wuthisak Suwan, the former director of a local economic development unit. He was found shot dead in a pickup truck on the side of a road in Yala's Muang district. He had been driving home when an assailant in another car opened fire at him. The attacker's car was later seen speeding off in the direction of Pattani.
Meanwhile, security teams yesterday examined houses and a high-voltage power tower which came under a bomb and gun attack in Pattani's Nong Chik district Tuesday night. A grocer was injured in the bomb explosion. His shop was badly damaged in the attack.
Several houses and a car were found riddled with bullets. An improvised explosive device was hidden at the electric tower to target officers who were to investigate earlier gun attacks in the area, but the bomb went off before they arrived. It was the second bomb attack in the area in recent months.