YALA — A Muslim religious leader was shot dead in front of his house as he returned home from a local mosque in Muang district of Yala on Tuesday night.

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The slain prayer leader was Phu-ad Rasaeming, 54, a retired police senior sergeant major formerly at Lam Mai station in Muang district and imam of Muhayeerin mosque at Namyen village of tambon Lam Mai.

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Abdullah Benjakat and Bangkok Post Online Reporters