Four soldiers were killed in a hail of bullets in a drive-by attack by suspected insurgents in Yala’s Raman district on Wednesday evening.

Police said the four were travelling in a privately-owned Toyota on Raman-Balor Road in Ban Palugapalus village of tambon Balor at about 5pm when they were approached by at least three assailants on a 10-wheeler truck loaded with sand.

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