PATTANI, Feb 19 – Violence in the restive South continued unabated Tuesday as a village head assistant in this southern border province was shot dead early today, while a teacher and a local villager were wounded last night in separate shootings believed to be the work of insurgents.

Police said 45-year-old village head assistant Somsak Surasit was gunned down by a passenger on a motorcycle while he was driving his motorcycle home in Khok Pho district this morning. He died instantly at the scene while the gunman fled.

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