Officer shot dead in Pattani

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Officer shot dead in Pattani

PATTANI:— police officer of Saiburi district of Pattani province was shot dead last night while he was about to enter his house after a Muslim prayer at a mosque.

The officer was identified as Pol Sub Lt Ma-useng Sahoh, 56.

He was shot four times on the head and legs by a gunman while he was opening the fence gate of his home at Village Group 8 in Tambon Trohbon of Saiburi after returning from a mosque in a motorcycle.

The gunman then escaped on a motorcycle ridden by another man.

He died on the way to Yupharaj Saiburi Hospital.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/officer-shot-dead-in-pattani

-- Thai PBS 2015-12-12

[fxe1200]

Major General Paween Pongsirin left just in time.

[springheeled jack]

the policeman was returning from a mosque one must assume he was a muslim and this was a race related killing but I could be wrong in my assumption we will see.

[Scott]

An inflammatory post and reply have been removed.

[jacky54]

the policeman was returning from a mosque one must assume he was a muslim and this was a race related killing but I could be wrong in my assumption we will see.

Islam is not a race though is it, it's a religion.