Three security volunteers were shot to death in a broad daylight attack in Pattani province Monday despite claims by government that the volatile situation in the deep south has improved.

The victims, father and son, Num, 57 and Surasak, 27 Saksongmuang, and Somsak Kunchum, 42, were on their way to a school in Ban Pasae village in Yaring district.

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