At least 15 people died and four others were wounded as suspected separatist insurgents stormed a security checkpoint in the southern province of Yala, Thailand on 5 November night, according to the Reuters.

Thai forensic experts examine the site where village defence volunteers were killed by suspected separatist insurgents in Yala province, south Thailand, 6 November, 2019. (Source: Reuters)

This was one of the biggest attacks in recent times, a local security official was quoted as saying. The attackers also used explosives and scattered nails on roads to deter pursuit.

A decade-old separatist insurgency in predominantly Buddhist Thailand’s largely ethnic Malay-Muslim provinces of Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat has killed nearly 7,000 people since 2004, according to the Reuters. Victims of the attacks were mainly police officers, teachers and governmental officials./.

(Source: VNA)