Suspected insurgents launched a targeted attack on eight territorial defence volunteers in Narathiwat province in southernmost Thailand this morning. One volunteer was killed and two more are injured.
At 8am, officers at Si Sakhon Police Station were informed that insurgents detonated a roadside bomb and fired shots with automatic rifles at Si Sakhon defence volunteers, killing one and injuring two, in Ai-yeng village.
Eight defence volunteers, riding four motorbikes, were returning to their base early this morning having completed their routine mission providing security for teachers at a school in the village when they were ambushed.
An unknown number of insurgents hid around 300 metres away in the jungle and used a remote control to detonate a 25-kilogram explosive device which they had earlier hidden in a gas pump.
After the bomb exploded the insurgents ran…
