On 8 June 2018, Mr. Aduldech Jehnae, the Deputy Chairperson of Mara Patani's "Peace Talk" with the Thai government and a member of Pattani Provincial Islamic Commission, was shot dead in Saiburi District, Pattani, by an unknown armed group during his travelling to his house after the Friday Prayer at a mosque. Mara Patani is an umbrella group of active non-state armed groups in SBP. An estimated 7,000 people, mostly Buddhist and Muslim villagers, have died in tit-for-tat attacks in the violence-plagued provinces. In addition to police officers and soldiers, Buddhist monks, teachers and government officials have been regularly targeted by members of shadowy Islamist separatist groups like Barisan Revolusi Nasional (National Revolutionary Front) in Pattani. "We live in fear," a Muslim man from a prominent local family in Pattani told ucanews.com. He asked to remain anonymous for fear of being labelled a collaborator by separatists. "Muslims and Buddhists, we used to live peacefully side by side," he added. "We would go to weddings and funerals together. We can't do that now." For many locals, even engaging in mundane activities can carry dangers. Numerous motorists have been gunned down in seemingly random attacks around the three troubled provinces. A few days ago, four men panning for gold in a stream on a rubber plantation in Narathiwat were discovered with their bodies riddled by bullets fired from assault weapons. The men, who belonged to a local Muslim family, included a father with his two teenage sons (https://www.ucanews.com/news/five-muslims-shot-dead-in-southern-thailand/82534)