[Bangkok Post] A Muslim policeman was gunned down by suspected insurgents in a drive-by attack in Narathiwat province on Thursday night shortly after he attended Ramadan services at a local mosque. Pol Capt Nitinai Arbuwa was heading home aboard a motorcycle in Sri Sakhon district when a gunman riding pillion on another motorcycle fired a handgun at him. The assailants then fled. The officer, who was a deputy inspector with the district police station’s crime suppression unit, was shot twice in the head and chest. He later died from his injuries in the hospital.
The attack took place shortly after Nitinai had joined villagers in having a meal and performing evening prayers during the Muslim holy month. Police blamed southern separatists for the killing.