NARATHIWAT: A policeman was wounded when insurgents attacked the base of a special operations unit in Cho Airong district on Tuesday night.
Special Operation Unit 31 was attacked about 7.10pm, Pol Lt Col Mad-usen Senheem, deputy chief of Cho Airong police, said.
Gunmen opened fire at the base and threw pipe bombs. They were met with return fire before fleeing.
When the firefight ended, Pol L/Cpl Akapol Buachan was found to have been hit in the abdomen by bomb shrapnel. He was admitted to Cho Airong Hospital.
