 Thailand's southern jihad insurgency registered two more victims early Saturday as two Thai Army soldiers on motorcycle patrol were ambushed by suspected terrorists insurgents, dying in a hail of automatic weapons fire in the southernmost province of Pattani, police said.
An unknown number gunmen from an unidentified group of presumed terrorists insurgents opened fire from the back of a pickup truck with assault rifles, killing the two privates who were members of a six-man patrol mounted on three motorcycles, patrolling the Panarae-Ban Palas road. The victims were on one motorcycle. The other members of the patrol escaped the attack but exchanged fire with the assailants. The suspected terrorists insurgents seized the victims' M-16 rifles and M-203 grenade launcher before fleeing. Responding authorities surrounded the area and were using sniffer dogs to hunt the presumed terrorists insurgents who were expected to hide among the local villagers. |