Villagers gather at the shed where Pol Lt Col Sithichok Piboonsaksophon, a former border patrol policeman, was shot dead in Chanae district, Narathiwat province, on Monday morning. (Photo by Waedao Harai)NARATHIWAT - A former border patrol police officer was killed in a gun attack in Chanae district on Monday morning, police said. Pol Lt Col Sithichok Piboonsaksophon, an investigation at Chanae police station, said that the incident occurred at about 9.30am at a shed by a canal in Ai Buetae village of tambon Chang Phuak. While Pol Sr Sgt Maj Jirasak Wadeng, 53, a former police officer who formerly taught at the border patrol police-run Ai Buetae School, was sitting under the shed, an assailant approached him and shot him twice with a handgun, killing him instantly. Police were investigating.

Source: Bangkok Post September 12, 2016 08:37 UTC