A villager was gunned down in an ambush in Narathiwat province early Sunday morning.Chuay Promsorn, 69, was attacked on a local road while riding a motorcycle to his palm oil plantation. He was hit several times and died at the scene.
Police blamed separatist
Yala warned to expect attacks on security forces
Intelligence sources have warned of possible
A source from a local security intelligence agency said yesterday it had received reports that a group operating in Yala's Raman and Bannang Sata districts had given its fighters three M-79 grenade launchers to attack police and military installations in the two districts.
Such an assault would probably involve firing grenades from the rear of the outposts. This tactic was used in Wednesday night's raid on a military camp in Narathiwat in which four soldiers were killed and scores more were injured.
An insurgent group in Bannang Sata has reportedly recruited 45 fighters who recently completed combat training.
A source familiar with the
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Meanwhile, Pol Gen Adul Saengsingkaew, the deputy national police chief, yesterday ordered an investigation into Wednesday's deadly attack on the army outpost.
Winthai Suwaree, newly-elected deputy spokesman for the Internal Security Operations Command, insisted the
He scoffed at the media's comparison of the incident with the arms raid at a military depot in early 2004, which triggered the current jihad in the far South.
"The [militants'] goal was not to steal weapons but to attack the army camp," Lt Col Winthai said. Weapons were seized by the attackers, but Winthai said the
Regional commander: army post attackers will be caught
Thailand's southern army commander says he is confident that the
Speaking about Saturday's arrest of one of the suspected attackers, Fourth Region Army commander Lt-Gen Udomchai Thammasarorat said that the suspect was only the rest will be tracked down soon.
Gen Udomchai told a press conference that the
Reasserting that the military would not get caught in the insurgent's trap, he said some of the attackers' identities were now known.
"We believe the attackers came from several areas. In fact, they don't have much force in particular areas as many local people worry [at the insurgent presence]," said Gen Udomchai.
Meanwhile, His Majesty the King on Sunday offered a handful of earth through the governor of Narathiwat province to the body of a Thai Muslim soldier killed by the
Meanwhile, a 69-year-old man was gunned down by an unidentified gunman Saturday in Narathiwat province, but police said his body was not found until early today at a palm oil plantation.
The victim was shot with an 11-mm pistol in the head and hip Saturday, but his body was not discovered by his wife until early Sunday after being informed by villagers.
Local residents said bombs had been planted in the plantation twice in the past, but the victim had not been harmed previously.