Three Myanmar migrants in Thailand killed by errant war drone

Key points

• Three migrants from Myanmar have been killed and two wounded after a drone used in their country's civil war exploded in neighbouring Thailand where they were working, Thai police said on Wednesday (June 3, 2026).
• Thai authorities received reports of the blast in Tak province, opposite Myanmar's Karen state, on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) afternoon and rushed to the scene, local police chief Anusorn Dungkong told AFP.
• "Three people have died, all of them Myanmar migrant workers, and two others were injured," he said.
• The apparent attack drone struck a tree on the Thai side of the border before exploding, killing the labourers who worked on a nearby chilli farm, Mr. Anusorn added.
• The two injured people, also from Myanmar, were taken to a local hospital for treatment, he said.