BenarNews
Thai security forces were hunting for suspected armed separatist insurgents who killed two soldiers and injured another during an attack Thursday on a makeshift military camp in the mountains of Ra-ngae, a district of Narathiwat province, authorities said.
This was the first incident with casualties in Thailand’s southern region along the Malaysia border since two soldiers were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion set off by suspected rebels on Feb. 13.
Malaysia since January 2020 has been brokering peace talks between the Thai government and Barisan Revolusi Nasional (National Liberation Front, or BRN), the largest of the rebel groups, but those negotiations have gone online since being disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak last year.