Eleven schools in Pattani’s Yarang district will be closed until next week and another will be shut indefinitely following the murder of a teacher on Monday.
Classes will be suspended until Monday to allow teachers to attend the funeral of Athikhom Tiwong, who taught at Ban Prajan School in the district, according to a local source.
Athikhom, a 34-year-old physical education teacher, was shot dead in a drive-by shooting as he rode a motorcycle home from the school in Muang district on Monday evening.
Police suspect the attack was the work of insurgents, saying they found a leaflet at the scene which appeared to have been produced by separatists, the Bangkok Post reported.
