Malaysian authorities have advised their citizens to reconsider non-essential travel to the southern Thai provinces of Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat due to ongoing unrest in the region.

Thai police are intensifying their investigation, including DNA and forensic tests, into an ambush in Pattani where gunmen killed a police officer's wife, a teacher, outside a school.

Malaysian police have tightened security along the Malaysia-Thailand border following a series of blasts in Thailand's southern provinces of Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat. The Inspector-General of Police has advised Malaysians to reduce travel to the tense region.

Gunmen, disguised in Muslim women’s clothing, opened fire at a policeman's car at a school in Pattani, killing his wife and injuring their newborn child.

Police in Kelantan, Malaysia, have assured the public that security along the Malaysia-Thailand border remains robust. This assurance comes after a shooting incident occurred in Pattani, Thailand.