Five soldiers killed in Thai checkpoint ambush, six civilians wounded
Five Thai soldiers were killed and six civilians wounded in a violent ambush at a checkpoint in Narathiwat province. The attack, involving gunfire and pipe bombs, is part of a long-standing separatist insurgency in Thailand's Muslim-majority south.
Why it matters
This incident represents one of the deadliest escalations in a decades-long conflict that has claimed over 7,000 lives, highlighting ongoing regional instability.
BANGKOK, July 23 — Five Thai soldiers were killed in a shooting and bomb attack at a checkpoint in the country’s insurgency-hit south, the army said, one of the deadliest such incidents in years.
Six civilians were also wounded in the Wednesday evening attack in Narathiwat province, one of three Muslim-majority provinces gripped by a decades-long separatist insurgency, local officials said.
A screenshot of CCTV footage posted on the Facebook page of Narathiwat authorities appeared to show six suspects dressed in black travelling in a black pickup truck at around 6:45 pm on Wednesday (1145 GMT).
The post said the suspects fled towards a neighbouring district and authorities had sealed off the area.
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