The attack happened in the late afternoon in Khiri RatNikhom district, Surat Thani province, about 600 km south of Bangkok.
Four people died, local police confirmed declining to givefurther details.
Thailand has high rates of gun ownership, witnessingcontinuous gun violence incidents in the past 12 months. In October last year, aformer police sergeant murdered 36 people, 24 of them children, in Nong Bua LamPhu. Last month, three people were killed and another three wounded in a shootingin Phetchaburi province./.