A paramilitary trooper was killed and four others were injured when insurgents detonated a bomb to ambush them in Thailand's southernmost province of Yala on Wednesday afternoon.
The five troopers were patrolling by a military vehicle in Jarosipoh village of Yala's Krong Penang district when the insurgents ambushed them by a roadside bomb soon after noon, local news network The Nation reported.
The insurgents also opened fire at them after detonating the homemade bomb but a company of border patrol police, who were stationed nearby, moved in to rescue them immediately, prompting the insurgents to retreat.
Surasit Phothai, 25, died on the spot. The injured have been sent to a nearby hospital.
Meanwhile, in nearby Narathiwat Province, a 60-year-old resident was gunned down by unknown gunmen on a pick-up truck in Cho Ai Rong district on Wednesday.
Thailand's three southernmost provinces -- Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani have been troubled with insurgency-related violence which has claimed more than 2,800 lives since it resumed in early 2004.
Source: Xinhua
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