During an insurgency-containment operation in Yala's Jor Irong district on Tuesday, two militants were killed when the suspects fired at on-duty rangers. Internal Security Operations spokesman Colonel Pramote Phromin said about five men in a truck broke through a checkpoint and the rangers gave chase. The truck's tire exploded, so the suspects had to stop four kilometers past the checkpoint. When the rangers approached the suspects, they opened fire and one ranger was hit in the hand.
During the gunfight two suspects were killed and three others fled. One of the killed suspects was wanted for the May 2006 shooting of a Buddhist villager.