Six people, including a one-year-old baby, were killed and another seriously injured in a gun attack carried out by four armed men on motorcycles in Pattani province last night.The attackers, who were on two motorcycles, sprayed bullets at a grocery shop in Muang district after 8 p.m. Bullets hit seven people who were inside and in front of the shop. Six of them died instantly and one was seriously injured. After the initial attack, gunmen walked into the shop and shot the victims in the head one by one.
The shooting took place just 200 meters from a checkpoint jointly manned by soldiers and defense volunteers.
The brutal attack came just days after officials led by the National Security Council (NSC) held a second round of talks in Kuala Lumpur with
Meanwhile, a conference of armed forces leaders has rejected five demands recently issued by the BRN. The meeting, also attended by army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha, touched on armed forces operations in the deep South. A source said everyone present at the meeting decided that "not a single demand was acceptable".
Emerging from the meeting, ACM Sukumpol dismissed the BRN's demand for the unconditional release of all detained suspects and the suspension and revocation of all arrest warrants concerning national security cases. He said, "A release, I think, is too much to ask."