The shot-up Toyota pickup truck in which Sama-ae Dolo, a tambon administration organisation chief, was killed, in Pattani's Yaring district on Friday morning. (Photo by Abdulloh Benjakat)PATTANI -- The chairman of a tambon administration organisation (TAO) was killed by gunmen in Yaring district on Friday morning, police said. Sama-ae Dolo, 63, chairman of Piya Mumang TAO, was driving his Toyota pickup truck from his house to work. Along the way he was followed by three armed hooded men in a Mitsubishi Triton pickup truck. At the intersection of Pate village in tambon Piya Mumang, the truck pulled up alongside and the men opened fire at him with AK47 rifles.

Source: Bangkok Post February 10, 2017 06:22 UTC