[Bangkok Post] An assistant village leader in Pattani province was gunned down about 100 meters from his home after finishing security duty on Thursday morning. Local police were informed of the shooting at about 7:30am. They found the body of Mahamaporee Bato, the assistant chief of Ban Pratu Chang village, in Yarang district.
Witnesses said Mahamaporee was riding his motorcycle back home after finishing his security duty at the house of a local administrator. About 100 meters from his home, four people on two motorcycles rode up from behind and opened fire. After he collapsed onto the road, he was shot in the head at point-blank range and died instantly.
Police attributed the murder to the insurgency. Two years ago the assistant village head supervising security affairs was ambushed and shot in the leg after finishing his security duty.