Troops secure the Chanae district road where the six rangers were killed in Thursday's ambush. The bomb went off about 2pm as a patrol vehicle carrying a ranger team was approaching Ringae village in tambon Padungmart. The attackers poured petrol over the rangers' bodies and set them alight. Authorities said the 10kg bomb in Thursday's attack was improvised, triggered remotely via a mobile phone. The raids were conducted by more than 200 personnel in a combined force including rangers and police from nearby Yala province.

Source: Bangkok Post April 27, 2017 21:11 UTC