Five soldiers killed in southern Thailand checkpoint attack

The assault in Narathiwat comes a day after a car bombing elsewhere in the province wounded a police officer.

Thailand: 5 soldiers killed in attack on security checkpoint

The attackers stole three AK-47 rifles, three bullet proof vests and three mobile phones from the soldiers. A low-level conflict has been simmering in Thailand's southern provinces for two decades.

Thailand launches manhunt after 5 soldiers killed, civilians injured in deep south

Thai authorities said on Thursday they are searching for the people responsible for an attack in the country’s troubled deep south region that killed five soldiers and injured several civilians. About 10 attackers opened fire and threw pipe bombs at soldiers at a security checkpoint near a residential area in Narathiwat province on Wednesday evening before fleeing, according to the regional Internal Security Operations Command. Six civilians were injured during the attack, including a...

By Associated Press

5 security personnel killed in attack on south Thailand checkpoint

Five security personnel killed, six civilians injured in shooting, pipe bomb attack in Thailand

Authorities said the attackers seized three AK-47 rifles, three bulletproof vests, and several mobile phones from the checkpoint during the attack before fleeing.

Five soldiers killed in bomb attack in Thailand's restive south