A policeman was wounded in a clash with suspected militants in Pattani's Khok Pho district on Monday afternoon, reports said.
The clash occurred at about 3.40pm when a team of police rushed to Ban Pho in tambon Makrut on receiving a report that a number of militants were hiding in a house there.
Pol Cpl Sukri Sribu, 35, was wounded in the clash. He was admitted to Khok Pho Hospital.
The police team continued to lay siege to the house, the reports said.