Thailand: Election-related violence continues in run-up to 3 Jul vote.

Text of report in English by Thai newspaper The Nation website on 30 May

[Unattributed report from the "National" section: "Police Guard Candidates as Violence Continues"]

But fatal shooting of canvassers in Mae Chan blamed on personal rivalry

Political violence has continued during the runup to the July 3 poll, with a canvasser under gunfire attack in Lampang, and a fake bomb planted in Ayutthaya.

There was one canvasser working for Chat Thai Pattana Party shot dead in Chiang Rai, however likely out of personal conflicts with his local rivals, local police said.

In Lampang, assailants opened fire on a restaurant owned by Phansak …