August 2, 2024
BANGKOK – Three suspected Muslim insurgents were on Thursday shot dead in a standoff with police and troops that began on Tuesday.
Security in the southern border province was stepped up ahead of a visit by the Thai and Malaysian prime ministers on Saturday.
As part of security tightening ahead of the scheduled visit by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim, police and troops were dispatched to check several villages in the province.
On July 27, the authorities engaged in gunfire with a group of suspected insurgents while they were trying to enter and check Ban Klong Chang village in Tambon Naket of Pattani’s Khok Pho district.