A para military ranger was killed and four others were injured when an improvised explosive device, hidden in a house, was remotely detonated as they entered.

The incident took place in Ban Taloh in Si Sakhon district of Narathiwat province on Thursday morning.

The five rangers, from the Corps of Engineers, had been assigned to repair the house under the “Baan Pen Sook” program without knowing that it was rigged to explode.

The decedent has been identified as Usomsak Raotapong.