Three people have been gunned down including a rubber tapper whose corpse was set alight, in Yala over the past two days, police said Pol Lt Pratya Hethak, a duty officer at Yaha station, said rubber tapper Chatchai Saethong, 55, was slain a local road in tambon Baror, in Yaha district and body was set on fire His burned body was found near his motorcycle. There were spent 9mm car- tridges strewn across the road which were taken as evidence, Pol Lt Pratya said. incident was reported at around 6.30am yesterday, he said. An investigation found that Chatchai home on his motorcycle to go to work. When he arrived at his rubber plantation he was attacked number suspects and shot dead, Pol Lt Pratya said after inspecting the crime scene. The killers then poured petrol over Chatchai's body and set him on fire before fleeing, he said Shortly Muang Yala police chief Pol Col Chamlong Suwaluck said was alerted of the murder of a volunteer ranger in Muang district. Pol Col Chamlong said sent invest tigators to inspect the crime scene where they found Arnas Damusor, 26, a volunteer