A southern insurgent was shot dead and two defence volunteers were wounded in related clashes in Sukhirin district of Thailand’s southern border province of Narathiwat today (Sunday).

According to police reports, a group of insurgents attacked a defence volunteer outpost, in Tambon Romsai of Sukhirin district just before noon, injuring two volunteers.

After being alerted to the attack, armed reinforcements rushed to the scene, where they clashed with fleeing gunmen in a nearby wood.

One insurgent, identified as Abdulhadi Arbu Daoah, 29, was found shot to death in the bushes as the other insurgents fled deeper into the jungle.