A group of men armed with assault rifles on an Isuzu D-Max pickup truck opened fire at kamnan Abdulloh Sideh, 56, while he was drinking tea at a teashop 100 metres from his home in Ban Moo 2 of Tambon Ta Kae.

Police inspected the scene and collected 15 spent cartridges there. As of press time, police were probing whether the shooting stemmed from a personal conflict or was part of the ongoing unrest in the deep South.