Five shot dead in Thailand's south

Four suspected militants on two motorcycles opened fire at crowds in Yala, one of the three Muslim-majority southern provinces, killing a 23-year-old Muslim villager and a 24-year-old Buddhist and injuring three.

In a separate attack in the same province, one man and a woman were also shot and injured in a drive-by shooting late Saturday, police said.

Earlier in the day, two police officers were gunned down in a food market in the Raman district of Yala, and a 47-year-old pig farmer was killed by suspected Islamic militants in a drive-by shooting in Pattani province.