Three people including one separatist militant were shot dead in separate attacks across Thailand's restive south, police said Saturday. A 29-year-old Muslim teacher was killed on his way to work Saturday morning in a drive-by shooting by two militants, Yala province police said. In Pattani province, a 28-year-old militant was killed after a ten-minute shoot-out at a Muslim school Friday evening between rebels and about 200 soldiers and police officers who had been searching the building.