According to Thai media reports on the 23rd, a group of unidentified people opened fire and dropped a tube bomb at a checkpoint in Narathiwat province in southern Thailand on the 22nd, killing 5 soldiers and injuring 6 civilians. The report said that the attack occurred at about 18:45 local time. The six attackers drove a pickup truck to the entrance of a checkpoint in Laon County, Narathiwat province, opened fire and dropped bombs, then fled by car. Currently, the Thai security services are making every effort to hunt down the attackers, while ordering the highest level of security measures in the region and instructing all checkpoints to maintain high vigilance. Thai Prime Minister Anutin urged relevant departments to take effective countermeasures in response to the attack on the evening of the 22nd. He also said that the peace negotiation process in the southern border provinces will continue.

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