Despite the holy month of Ramadan, violence continues to rage on in Thailand southern provinces with the latest attack resulting in the death of a Pattani religious teacher.

As a result, the Southern Border Provinces Teachers Association has pressured security agencies to step up teacher escort operations.

Pattani’s Nong Jik police inspected a home in Bor Thong Subdistrict after they were notified that a man was shot.

The man gunned down was later identified as 39-year-old former religious teacher Al-asnee Jema, based in Yaring District.

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