A man was shot dead by intruders while sleeping in his house in Yala's Bannang Sata district on Wednesday night, police said.
According to witnesses' accounts, three men, who covered their heads with cloth, broke into the house in tambon Bacho and went up to the upper floor where Marosati Kachaladi, 42, was sleeping.
One of the three shot at him once in the head and three times in the body with a pistol, killing him instantly. The three assailants then fled into the rubber plantation behind the house.
Police were investigating whether the attack arose from a personal conflict or was related to the insurgency in the area.