[Bangkok Post] A woman and her teen daughter were gunned down in a drive-by shooting before assailants fled with their motorcycle in Narathiwat province last Saturday morning. The fatal attack took place in Bacho district. Police, soldiers and rescue workers who rushed to the scene found the bodies of the two victims in a pool of blood on the road. Nittaya Kaenruang sustained two gunshot wounds to the right ear and chest. Her daughter, Atchariya Kaenruang was shot near the right ear and in the back.
A police investigation found that Ms Nittaya was riding a motorcycle from a local market to her home, with her daughter riding pillion. On the way, two men on a motorcycle followed them. At the scene, the pillion gunman opened fire at them, causing Ms Nittaya to lose control of her bike, which plunged into a ditch. The gunman then walked towards the two victims and fired more shots at them. He then fled on the victims’ motorcycle.
Police manning road checkpoints along the escape routes were asked to block the stolen motorcycle and the suspects fearing the stolen vehicle would be used in a motorcycle bomb.
Police blamed southern insurgents for the attack.