Two soldiers were killed and three others wounded in an ambush by militants in Rueso district of Narathiwat province on Sunday morning, reports said.
The incident occurred at 11.20am on a road inside Kuyi village in tambon Talo while soldiers of Infantry Company 15124 were travelling in a patrol vehicle.
The militants hiding on the roadside detonated the bomb and opened fire. An exchange of gunfire followed.
Mst-Sgt Piyapong Impram, the driver, and Pvt Kritikorn Muenlin were killed. Three other soldiers were wounded.
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