Terrorists Suspected separatist rebels have shot dead three soldiers and two civilians in Thailand's jihad insurgency-hit far south, police said on Monday.
Troops were inspecting a road to a school in Narathiwat - one of three southern Muslim-majority provinces beset by jihad unrest - when dozens of terrorists insurgents opened fire early on Monday, killing two soldiers. The attackers fled the scene after a 10-minute gun battle, police said, and about 300 security officials were deployed to hunt for the rebels.
Later in the neighbouring province of Yala, another army convoy was ambushed by terrorists suspected militants, with one soldier killed and three injured. Also in Yala on Sunday, an informant for the military was shot dead, while in a separate attack the same evening a local government employee was shot and killed in front of his house, police said. |