Early morning battle as insurgents attack Army unit in Yala

Insurgents on two or three motorcycles showed up and lobbed pipe bombs at the facility at about 1.40am.

A little while later, some 20 men showed up, surrounded the area and began firing with military-grade weapons.

This resulted in a half-an-hour-long gunfight, though nobody in the Army base was injured.

As of press time, police officers and an explosive ordnance disposal unit were collecting evidence and securing the site.