- Six unidentified assailants wearing ski masks opened fire Monday evening on both entrances of a mosque while about 100 Thai Muslims were attending evening prayers in the Cho Ai-rong district of Narathiwat Province, 750 kilometres south of Bangkok.
- The Gunmen opened fire on worshipers, killing at least 10 people and wounding 13, police said.
- The attack by five armed men occurred about 10:30 p.m. local time in a mosque in the village of Ibaye in Narathiwat province.
- "They opened fire indiscriminately at about 50 worshipers inside the mosque," the official said. "Ten people were killed, including the local imam."
- Security officials said they believed gunmen, who fled into nearby woods, were insurgents bent on instigating conflict between Muslims and Buddhists.
- Earlier in the day, suspected insurgents attacked a military unit in the province, killing one villager and seven soldiers.
- A Thai army spokesman on Tuesday denied that authorities were behind a brutal attack on a mosque that left 10 people dead and 13 wounded
- Thailand's southern region has been plagued by insurgency, with more than 3,500 people killed since January 2004.
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