This picture taken on Dec 17, 2019 shows army rangers keeping watch as residents gather after three Muslim loggers were mistakenly shot dead by soldiers in the Ra-ngae district in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat. - AFP
BANGKOK (AFP): The Thai army has expressed "regret" after troops shot dead three Muslim men foraging in the jungle this week and promised a probe, a rare admission of wrongdoing by the military in thailand's insurgency-scarred south.
On Monday (Dec 16) security forces killed three men aged 24-27 in a jungle in Narathiwat province, believing them to be Muslim militants.
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