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| Four sought for deadly teashop attack in southern Thailand |
| 2011-07-19 |
| Arrest warrants have been issued for four residents of the Than To district in Thailand's Yala province for their alleged involvement in the May 3 gun assault on a teashop in Bannang Sata district, in which four villagers were killed and 16 wounded. Bannang Sata police superintendent Colonel Suwat Wongpaiboon said the drive-by shooting at Ban Kasod teashop was related to an earlier incident in which Ban Khiri Khet resident Sombat Pandam was gunned down. Police later asked a court to issue arrest warrants for suspects in Sombat's murder. Suwat said the attack at the teashop reportedly took place in revenge for Sombat's death. He said police would ask the suspects to turn themselves in after the court issues the warrants for the four Than To suspects, including Peerapol Pandam, 24, whose Isuzu truck was allegedly used in the drive-by. In another incident, a village defense volunteer was gunned down in an orchard Monday afternoon in Narathiwat province. Yagariya Damae, 32, was fatally shot three times in the chest while he and two friends were pruning fruit trees. Police suspect the murder was part of ongoing |
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