POLICE gunned down machete-wielding militants who stormed security outposts in Thailand’s Muslim-dominated south yesterday, killing at least 112 people in one of the bloodiest days in the south-east Asian kingdom.

Police gunned down scores of machete-wielding militants who stormed more than a dozen security outposts, the bloodiest day yet in Thailand’s troubled Muslim-dominated south. The death toll stood at least 112.

At least 93 people were killed when Thai police fought machete-wielding militants who launched simultaneous pre-dawn raids on security outposts today, in the heaviest fighting yet in the troubled Muslim-dominated south, officials said.