NARATHIWAT, June 8 – Two shop owners were shot dead, a local government official, a security volunteer and three police officers were wounded Wednesday in two locations in Cho Ai Rong district of restive Narathiwat, according to local authorities.

Grocery owner Sompong Sae-oui, 54, was killed by two presumed muslim insurgents before noon when they stopped their motorcycle at the shop and feigned buying goods. One of the men, armed with an 11mm pistol, fired three times at Mr Sompong, who died at the scene.

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