NARATHIWAT - Five paramilitary rangers were killed and six civilians injured when a group of heavily armed men on a pickup truck attacked a security checkpoint in Rangae district of this southern border province on Wednesday night.
Six black-clad men riding in a black Nissan pickup truck launched the attack on the Bukeh Sami checkpoint in tambon Tanyong Mat at 6.45pm, firing guns and throwing pipe bombs, according to the Region 4 forward command of the Internal Security Operations Command.
