Three people are killed in a jungle shoot-out between government forces and separatist rebels in Thailand's troubled deep south
Thai police and soldiers in Narathiwat province encountered an armed separatist group that began shooting, according to police.
Three people have been killed in a jungle shoot-out between government forces and separatist rebels in Thailand's troubled deep south, police said. Thai police and soldiers on Friday trekked up a mountain in Narathiwat province, where they encountered an armed separatist group that began shooting, according to police.
"They started to shoot at us so we had to retaliate, which left three people dead," local police chief Suthon Sukwiset told AFP, adding they were all Thai Muslims.No police or troops were killed or injured in the operation, which lasted at least five hours.
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