Patani reporter shot dead-Bangkok Post
25-05-10
[FACT comments: While two reporters were killed and a dozen wounded in Bangkok’s violence, this report is especially poignant. We think this is the first reporter killed in the Southern insurgency.]
Reporter shot dead
- Bangkok Post: May 24, 2010
- http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crimes/176683/reporter-shot-dead
A newspaper reporter has been shot dead in Yala.
Aruming Yama, 30, who worked for the Hat Yai Journal, was shot in the head and body yesterday while riding his motorcycle in Muang district, police said.
Four spent cartridges from a 9mm pistol and three from an 11mm pistol were found near the shooting scene, leading police to suspect he was shot by two men riding on another motorcycle.
Police said southern separatists were probably behind the attack.
But they do not yet rule out Mr Aruming’s personal affairs as a possible cause of the shooting.
