Suspected insurgents kill 3 Thai officers
BANGKOK — Suspected insurgents in Thailand shot dead three police officers in an ambush in the country’s south, police said today (July 11).
BANGKOK — Suspected insurgents in Thailand shot dead three police officers in an ambush in the country’s south, police said today (July 11).
A group of attackers opened fire yesterday on a pickup truck carrying three police officers in Yala province’s Krong Penang district, said police Col Pairot Meunklaharn.
A local Muslim leader who was standing in front of a mosque near the ambush scene was also wounded in the attack, Mr Pairot said.
The victims included a deputy district police commander and other two officers, he said.
More than 5,000 people have been killed in Thailand’s three Muslim-dominated southernmost provinces since an Islamic insurgency erupted in 2004. AP
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