INSURGENTS shot dead a soldier and a civilian in southern Songkhla province at 5 p.m. today (May 31) as the two men were riding a motorcycle along a road in Thepa district, Naewna newspaper said. The unknown number of insurgent using as yet unidentified weapons attacked and killed Sgt. Sumit Chalu and Mr. Dola
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Suthin seeks advice from predecessors, ex-army chiefs
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