The Army Commander has strongly condemned the recent shootings targeting the elderly and children in Thailand’s southern border provinces, calling the attacks brutal and inhumane. He declared that “the time has come to fight back”, urging all sectors — government, private, and civil society — to unite in addressing the crisis.

The driver of a motorbike taxi was stabbed to death on Sunday night. The perpetrators, two men who pretended to be passengers, lured him to an isolated spot in Tambon Ban Mai of Pathum Thani’s Muang district and killed him before making off with his motorcycle, according to Pol Lt Colonel Suwat Phoree of Pak Khlong Rangsit Police Station.