Family Buries Teacher Killed by Four Armed Men in Disguise; Infant Child Out of Danger
Teacher Fatimah Yango was shot dead by four armed assailants outside a school in Pattani Province while picking up her child on May 26, leaving her injured infant daughter hospitalized but out of danger. The educator was buried following re
On May 26, 2025, reporters documented the scene at the home of teacher Fatimah Yango, who was killed in an armed ambush while parked outside a private school in Yaring District, Pattani Province, waiting to pick up her child. Throughout the morning, colleagues, relatives, and neighbors visited the family to offer condolences and support. The teacher's body underwent religious ceremonies the previous evening before being taken to a cemetery near her birthplace in Moo 6, Prajan Subdistrict, Yaring District, Pattani Province.
The victim's infant daughter, who sustained injuries in the shooting, remains hospitalized at Pattani Hospital under close medical supervision and is now out of critical condition. Family members revealed that the teacher was shot in the head and upper back, with bullets penetrating her abdomen, while the infant was grazed by a bullet in the diaper area. The deceased had four children total—three of whom are currently enrolled in primary and kindergarten classes at the same school where their mother taught, and the youngest daughter was wounded alongside her mother during the attack.
