Three Buddhists have been shot dead by suspected Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand, police said.![Thai soldiers have come under attack from separatist rebels in Thailand's majority Muslim provinces [AP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Asia/Thai/Thai-soldiers.jpg "Thai soldiers have come under attack from separatist rebels in Thailand's majority Muslim provinces [AP]")
Thai soldiers have come under attack from separatist rebels in Thailand's majority Muslim provinces [AP]
Serm Mukmikul, 60, was killed in an ambush on Sunday while riding a motorcycle to a rubber plantation in Narathiwat province, said Phattarakorn Sriburin, a police major.
In Yala, Chom Yotsakul, 45, and Udom Rachakaew, 48, a brother and sister, were shot dead in a mountainous area, also while heading to a rubber plantation, police said.
Drive-by shootings and bombings occur almost daily in Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani, Thailand's three Muslim-majority provinces.
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Violent insurgency
On Saturday, Thai police said a Buddhist and a teenage Muslim rebel were shot dead in recent violence.
Thai security forces shot dead a 15-year-old boy early Saturday in Yala province after he opened fire on a security outpost, police said.
In neighbouring Pattani province, a 53-year-old Buddhist was gunned down by suspected Islamic fighters while he was riding a motorcycle late Friday.
More than 2,000 people have died in violence related to an Islamic separatist insurgency that began in the majority Muslim provinces in January 2004.
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