Thai Buddhist couple shot dead in south: police

They said two gunmen on motorcycles shot the 58-year-old woman and her 67-year-old husband at a rice mill in restive Pattani province shortly after midday Thursday.

The woman died instantly while her husband succumbed to his injuries later in hospital.

After the attack, suspected militants detonated a bomb that injured five onlookers who had gathered at the scene, with some seriously wounded.