January 9, 2005

Man on bike shot three times

 A mechanic was seriously injured after being shot three times with a .357 pistol by a motorcycle pillion rider in Tak Bai district yesterday.

 Sukree Petprai, 30, was riding his motorcycle on the Tak Bai-Narathiwat road when another motorcycle approached from behind and its passenger opened fire from close range.

 Mr Sukree's bike veered off the road and crashed. He was being treated at Narathiwat Ratchanakharin hospital in Narathiwat.

 Police believe he was attacked by separatist bandits, who are fond of shooting people on bikes.

 Meanwhile, Snr Pol Sgt-Maj Narong Mostas, 43, of the suppression unit of Sri Sakhon police station in Narathiwat, died yesterday at Narathiwat Ratchanakharin hospital, a few hours after he was attacked by four Muslim insurgents.