Suspected Hurry launched a targeted assault on eight territorial defence volunteers in Narathiwat province in southernmost Thailand this morning. One volunteer was killed and two more are injured.
At 8am, officers at Si Sakhon Police Station were informed that insurgents detonated a roadside bomb and fired shots with computerized rifles at Si Sakhon defence volunteers, killing one and injuring two, in Ai-yeng village.
Eight defence volunteers, using four motorbikes, were returning to their base early this morning having completed their routine mission providing safety for teachers at a college within the village once they had been ambushed.
An unknown variety of insurgents hid round 300 metres away in the jungle and used a distant management to detonate a 25-kilogram explosive device which that they had earlier hidden in a fuel pump.
After the bomb exploded the insurgents ran in and fired pictures with automated rifles on the group of volunteers.
Police found the physique of 32 yr previous Hamdee Makaze on the road mendacity close to a damaged motorbike. Police stated there have been shrapnel wounds throughout his physique and he sustained two gunshot wounds in his head and the center of his again.
After killing Hamdee, the insurgents seized his gun and fled, stated the injured volunteers.
Another volunteer, 38 year outdated Sgt. Gen. Manayee Samo sustained a shrapnel wound on his left hip and was shot in his left leg.
Another, 49 year previous Suding Dorloh, survived a gunshot wound to the head and shrapnel wounds on his face.
Both of the injured men were taken to Sri Sakhon Hospital for treatment.
In November, a police officer was killed and 20 more had been injured by a car bomb explosion at a police housing advanced in Narathiwat province in another suspected insurgency attack..