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Three police were wounded in a bombing in Yala province. Security forces killed a Muslim terrorist after he murdered an assistant to village leader in Pattani province. Indonesia offered to assist Thailand in fighting the Muslim insurgency.

A bombing at a hotel in Pattani killed two and wounded 14; a hotel owner and a journalist were killed in the attack. A Muslim terrorist was killed during a premature detonation of his car bomb outside of a school in Yala province.

One policeman was killed, and one policeman and two civilians were wounded in a bombing at a market in Pattani province. Two soldiers were wounded after Muslim terrorists detonated a bomb inside a primary school in Narathiwat province.

The exiled leader of the Pattani United Liberation Organization demanded a referendum on autonomy for the Muslim South. The Interior Minister said talks the with southern Muslim terrorists are inevitable. Two students and a school official were wounded during a Muslim terrorist bombing at the Yala Rajabhat University. Three bombs were detonated in Narathiwat; no […]

A village elder and two others were seriously wounded after Muslim insurgents attacked a wedding party in Narathiwat province. The former minister of defense called for the government to label the Muslim insurgents as terrorists and said more troops are needed to secure the South.

Muslim insurgents murdered a local politician in a mosque and a defense volunteer outside a tea shop in Pattani province. An insurgent was wounded and captured after resisting arrest in Narathiwat province. Five Muslim insurgents were given life sentences for burning a monk and two boys in a temple in Pattani.

Thailand’s new government is considering self rule for the insurgency-racked Muslim South. A local politician and his son were killed in a drive-by shooting in Narathiwat province. The government has received warnings of a possible bomb threat in Hat Yai in Songkhla province.

Three Muslims were killed by Muslim insurgents in drive-by shootings and two soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Yala province. A village leader in Narathiwat province was killed by Muslim insurgents and his former assistant injured. Almost 60 percent of the insurgent-caused deaths in the South occurred on the roadways.

One civilian was killed and 11 wounded during a Muslim insurgent bombing of a ceremony at a pier in Pattani province. Three police and three civilians were killed during an insurgent bombing outside a shop in Yala province.

More than 400 police raided two villages in Narathiwat province. Twelve suspected Muslim insurgents were arrested in the two raids. Police arrested two Muslim insurgents suspected of killing a teacher in Pattani province. The insurgents were wounded in a gunfight before being arrested.

Seven soldiers were wounded after Muslim insurgents ambushed a bus carrying 30 soldiers in Pattani province. Insurgents detonated an IED and followed up with small-arms fire. Muslim insurgents murdered a teacher in Pattani.

One soldier was killed and one wounded after Muslim insurgents ambushed a patrol from a mosque in Pattani province. Muslim insurgents shot and killed a military informant as he drove his motorcycle in Pattani.

An Army public affairs officer said the Muslim insurgency is “on the downtrend and have lost their chance to fight with the authorities.” The director of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center said the number of security forces in the villages in Narathiwat province would be boosted. The nephew of the Pattani Islamic Committee chief […]

Al Qaeda is funding the Muslim insurgency in the southern provinces, said a government spokesman. “The situation has intensified recently because they received money from overseas, from the international terror organisation al-Qaeda,” Chaiya Yimvilai said. The government has denied al Qaeda involvement in the insurgency in the past.

A bombing in a crowded market in the provincial capital in Yala wounded 37; six have been reported to be severely wounded. Muslim insurgents placed a bomb on a motorcycle and detonated it by remote control. One of the eight soldiers killed in the Jan. 13 IED attack and ambush was beheaded.

Eight soldier were killed after Muslim insurgents ambushed an Army convoy with an IED and small-arms fire in Narathiwat province. Police are conducting a manhunt for the six insurgents who escaped from a local prison in Narathiwat.

A government official was murdered by Muslim insurgents in Narathiwat province. The Army commander-in-chief will visit the southern provinces to review the intelligence network in the wake arrests due to leaks to insurgents.

Muslim insurgents killed three civilians and wounded three in a series of shooting in Yala province. Two soldiers were wounded in a bombing inside a school in Narathiwat province. Over 140 children were inside the school at the time of the attack.

The violence caused by Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand claimed the lives of 792 people during 2007. Seven police officers and three military intelligence officers were arrested for aiding the insurgency by providing details of military operations.

Muslim insurgents ambushed an army patrol in Yala province; two insurgents and a soldier were wounded. Muslim insurgents killed a villager in a drive-by shooting near a mosque in Yala province; two security officials were also wounded.