Six people were shot dead when gunmen opened fire on a village grocery
shop on May 1 in Thailand’s southern Pattani province, according to
Thai security officials.
Four men dressed in similar
uniforms to the Thai security forces sprayed bullets at a group of
villagers gathered outside the grocery shop, said National Security
Council Chief Paradorn Pattanatabut.
Leaflets which read “This is revenge for the innocents” were found at the scene together with many bullet casings.
Police immediately sealed off roads in a 500-meter radius to search for the assailants.
The brutal attack occurred just three days after a fresh round of
peace talks between Thai authority and a leading militant group which
was held in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.-VNA