BANGKOK, Oct. 31 (Xinhuanet) -- A construction worker was shot dead in Narathiwat in southern Thailand Sunday morning by two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle, the Thai News Agency reported.
The victim, 38-year-old Sudket Suthiboonsri was shot in the neck while he was traveling in a six-wheel truck in Joh I Rong district, said local police.
The truck, owned by a construction firm in Phatthalung province,was hired to bring construction workers to the construction site in Narathiwat.
Police said they suspected that the gunmen were members of the same militant group responsible for the killing of many innocent people in the province.
In another development, the Southern Border Provinces Peace-Building Command Saturday released 1,178 of the protesters who have been held in detention since being rounded up outside Tak Baidistrict police station on Monday.
Lt. Col. Akhom Phongphrom, deputy head of the 4th Army Area Command's Public Relations Center, was quoted by the Thai News Agency as saying that all of the protesters would be released.
However, he said that among the remaining 113 detainees, 16 arebeing investigated for drug offenses, 21 for outstanding legal cases, and 76 for being key members of southern militant networks.
Over 1,000 protesters were rounded up on Monday following a disturbance outside Tak Bai police station.
Six were killed during the ensuing riot, and 78 others died of suffocation in military custody. One more died later in hospital. Enditem
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