4 soldiers killed in Thailand

Published September 28, 2005

YALA (Thailand), Sept 27: Four soldiers were shot dead on Tuesday when militants ambushed their patrol in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south, the latest in a spate of deadly attacks on troops and police in the past week.

“The soldiers were riding motorcycles on patrol when militants ambushed them and robbed them of their machine guns,” police Lieutenant Colonel Mustorpha Mani told AFP by telephone.

They were patrolling a stretch of road near Chakwua village in Raman district of Yala province when attacked, he said.—AFP

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