Insurgents fire on police checkpoints in Narathiwat
Southern insurgents have fired at roadside checkpoints in two locations and a marine post in Narathiwat’s Bacho district last night (Sunday).
No one was injured in the three attacks. Police and a unit of marines went to inspect the location of the attacks this morning (Monday).
Police say that insurgents fired at the road checkpoint in Ban Batu village in Tambon Palukasamao, another roadside checkpoint in Ban Iyoh in Tambon Bareh Nua and a marine post in Ban Satae village in Tambon Bacho.
In the first location police say insurgents fired at the checkpoint from a rubber plantation but in the two other attacks, a team of insurgents fired on police as they drove by in a pickup truck. Marines at the Ban Satae location say they were unable to fire back as there were many civilian vehicles in the same area at the time.
