Officials clash with criminals in Narathiwat Province, killing one person

Narathiwat, Officials clashed with criminals while blockading a search in Chanae District, Narathiwat Province. One official was injured and one criminal died. At about the same time, criminals bombed while officers were patrolling. No one was injured. Since 06.00 this morning, the Joint Special Operations Unit of Narathiwat Province has joined forces with 3 parties to enforce the law and investigate suspicious persons in the area of ??Chanae District, Narathiwat Province after receiving information that there was a gathering of insurgents who were planning to commit violent acts. Therefore, they entered to enforce the law in the area and clashed. Initial reports indicate that 1 insurgent was killed and 1 officer was injured. He was taken by helicopter to Songkhlanagarind Hospital. He was identified as Sergeant Major Wirasak Phanso, assigned to the 543rd Infantry Regiment, who was shot in the left hip. The latest update is that he is safe. At present, officers are still maintaining their positions in the are a. At the same time (07.30 AM), there was an incident of a bomb attack on rangers in the area of ????Chanae District, Narathiwat Province. The incident occurred while the rangers of the 4902nd Ranger Company, Special Forces Unit, 49th Ranger Regiment, had sent a task force to patrol the area on foot to ensure the safety of the lives and property of the people in the area. When the task force had been patrolling the area by passing the incident on the side of Road 4115, Ban Rue Po, Village No. 4, Dusong Nyo Subdistrict, Chanae District, Narathiwat Province for a while, the perpetrators detonated the bomb. The force of the explosion missed its target, so no one was injured. Initial inspection found it to be an improvised explosive device with an unknown container and detonation method. Source : Thai News Agency