| Suspected Islamic insurgents killed two police informants and wounded a government worker in separate drive-by shootings in Thailand's largely Muslim south, officials said. Muri Samahae, the 54-year-old leader of Holu, a traditional Muslim group that has been working with the government, was fatally shot Sunday night in Sugnaipadi district of Narathiwat province, said police Lt. Col. Trongkiart Thongsong. In neighboring Range district, Prari Jotheh, 49, an informant for local authorities, was also shot dead late Sunday, he said. Further details about the attacks were not immediately available. Meanwhile, Surapot Chimchaiyanan, a 42-year-old Agriculture Department official in Narathiwat's Takbai district, was seriously wounded early Monday by a gunman on the back of a motorcycle. Surapot was rushed to a nearby hospital. |