NARATHIWAT, April 12 – A ten-man military patrol was ambushed in Narathiwat this morning, involving a remote-controlled bomb and gunfire from an undetermined number of assailants.
The presumed anti-government insurgents left the site of the incident after the bomb exploded after after apparently failing to function properly. The soldiers who were the intended target were not injured as they patrolled a section of railway track in Narathiwat's Rangae district early Tuesday morning.
Inspecting the scene after the gunmen fled, the authorities found spent M16 assault rifle bullet casings, scattered fragments of the remote-controlled bomb and a fire extinguisher.
Pol Lt Gen Paitoon Chuchaiya, commissioner of the southernmost police unit on Tuesday met with 160 officers working in the three southern border provinces and four districts in Songkhla to review and follow up progress in investigation of important cases and police operations in the past month.
He ordered them to work in cooperation with one another and to maintain tightened security during Songkran to prevent possible insurgent attacks and reduce road accidents.
Gen Paitoon ordered heightened security in all community areas as well as areas where there have been no recent attacks. The provincial seats of the three southern border provinces of Pattani, Yala and Nathiwat, Yala’s Betong district and Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district will be under close watch.
He told the attendees that any area where the numbers of police is insufficient can request reinforcement from the military.
In the provincial seat the public has been asked to help monitor the situation to support the authorities actions.
The presumed anti-government insurgents left the site of the incident after the bomb exploded after after apparently failing to function properly. The soldiers who were the intended target were not injured as they patrolled a section of railway track in Narathiwat's Rangae district early Tuesday morning.
Inspecting the scene after the gunmen fled, the authorities found spent M16 assault rifle bullet casings, scattered fragments of the remote-controlled bomb and a fire extinguisher.
Pol Lt Gen Paitoon Chuchaiya, commissioner of the southernmost police unit on Tuesday met with 160 officers working in the three southern border provinces and four districts in Songkhla to review and follow up progress in investigation of important cases and police operations in the past month.
He ordered them to work in cooperation with one another and to maintain tightened security during Songkran to prevent possible insurgent attacks and reduce road accidents.
Gen Paitoon ordered heightened security in all community areas as well as areas where there have been no recent attacks. The provincial seats of the three southern border provinces of Pattani, Yala and Nathiwat, Yala’s Betong district and Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district will be under close watch.
He told the attendees that any area where the numbers of police is insufficient can request reinforcement from the military.
In the provincial seat the public has been asked to help monitor the situation to support the authorities actions.
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