BANGKOK, July 10 Kyodo sum of two...

BANGKOK, July 10 Kyodo

sum of two units Thai policemen were killed at unidentified gunmen who attacked the pair from a roadside rubber plantation in southern Thailand upon Wednesday.

The attack, in the Sungai Padi district about 10 kilometers from the Malaysian border, came as four policemen were riding past the ambush point in succession motorcycles.

The sum of two units police officers on the assurance motorcycle were shot dead, according to Sungai Padi police.

The other pair men, who were about 20 meter behind the first motorbike, saw their colleagues attacked from the close rubber plantation and bullet toward the gunmen, the police said.

The attackers escaped.

Security in the southern Thai provinces Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat, where Muslims are in the majority, has been supported by a series of newly come shootings and bombings.

Thai Interior Minister Purachai Piumsombun said Wednesday rewards up to 300000 baht ($7200) would be moveed for information leading to the arrest of any of 10 suspects allegedly involved in the novel unrest.

The interior minister told reporters when he visited Narathiwat Province onward Wednesday the local police would announce details about the suspects later.

He added Thailand worked closely with Malaysia in tracing the suspects, who are believed to occupy dual nationality.

Sungai Padi, in Narathiwat Province, is more than 1100 km southern of Bangkok.

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