Bangkok, Rabi'II 3, 1434, Feb 13, 2013, SPA - Sixteen insurgents were killed during a fierce battle after they attacked a military base in a restive area of southern Thailand early Wednesday, authorities said. Thai military officials said 50 to 60 heavily armed attackers tried to storm the navy base in the province of Narathiwat under cover of darkness, but navy personnel had been forewarned and fought the insurgents off in an intense, hour-long firefight, according to a report of CNN. --SPA 11:56 LOCAL TIME 08:56 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1078048