Thailand
A roadside bomb seriously wounded a guard at a train station in Narathiwat province, while a clerk was shot in Pattani province. The government has extended the state of emergency in the south by three months.
A roadside bomb seriously wounded a guard at a train station in Narathiwat province, while a clerk was shot in Pattani province. The government has extended the state of emergency in the south by three months.
Insurgents kill four, wound two in Thai South
Thailand: Suspected insurgent killed in Narathiwat firefight
Thailan: Insurgents kill imam in Narathiwat
Police arrested 18 suspected Runda Kumpulan Kecil Muslim terrorists in Narathiwat province. Five Muslim terrorists were killed in Songkhla province.
Security forces stopped a bombing campaign in the southern city of Hat Yai in Songkhla province. Seventeen small bombs were found throughout the city and defused. Muslim insurgents killed three Muslim civilians in separate attacks in Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat provinces.
Thailand: Islamic separatists kill five
A raid in Yala uncovered graphic images of the brutal murder of soldiers and locals in the southern province. The videoclips showed throats being slit, attackers holding the severed heads of their victims, and other mutilations. A navy captain was killed in an ambush in Pattani. Two border patrol policemen were wounded in an IED […]
Thai Police captain killed in ambush in Yala
Muslim rebel ambushes kill 3, wound 5 in Thai south
Thailand’s Counter-Insurgency Operations in the Deep South
Thirteen Muslim insurgents suspected of manufacturing explosives were detained in a raid in Narathiwat province. Muslim insurgents killed two civilians in attacks in Yala and Songkhla provinces. The Asia Times looks at the groups involved in the Muslim insurgency.
Thailand: Insurgent bombs kill two in South
Muslim insurgents killed a policeman and two civilians in Pattani and Narathiwat provinces. Police are searching for two suspects in a bombing in Songkhla province.
Thailand: Eight die in fresh South violence
Police arrested a leading suspect in the Muslim insurgency in Yala province. One civilian was killed and 10 were wounded in a bombing of a grocery store in Pattani province, while a school principal was killed in an ambush. About 200 Muslims gathered to demand the release of eight insurgent suspects.
Thailand: Soldier, villager wounded in South blast
Thai soldiers captured a high-value target and five other Muslim insurgents during a raid in Songkhla, and killed one insurgent and captured four during a clash in Yala. Insurgents attacked a polling station in Narathiwat, as 15,350 soldiers have deployed in the South to protect 2,558 polling stations. Thai troops are getting counterinsurgency training from […]
Thai insurgents launch a spate of attacks in Pattani
Thailand: Insurgents launched five arson attacks in Songkhla
Muslim insurgents ambushed security forces in at least six locations in Yala province from Friday night to Saturday morning, injuring one soldier. Police and the army detained eight suspected Muslim insurgents in Narathiwat province.
Thailand’s Muslim insurgency is spinning out of control
Two health officials, retired village head killed in separate attacks in southern Thailand
Muslim insurgents detonated a bomb in front of a train station in Narathiwat province, injuring seven people including a pregnant woman. Twelve schools in Pattani province were closed after insurgents threatened teachers and students.
Two soldiers were killed and two wounded after being ambushed while patrolling the rail lines in Yala province. Another two paramilitary troops were wounded in a bombing in Yala. Two soldiers were wounded in an IED attack and three were wounded in an ambush in Pattani province.
Thai security forces captured 53 suspected insurgents during raids in Narathiwat and Yala provinces. Abdulromae Pereesee, a suspected key leader of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK). The army claimed the Muslim insurgency is divided and local citizens are helping the military uproot the insurgency. Thirteen civilians were wounded in a bombing at a tea shop […]
Insurgents kill ex-MP, wound villager
Thailand: Bomb targets southern tourist area
Muslim insurgents killed a bomb disposal officer and wounded 20 in a double bombing in Yala. A Muslim man was shot and killed by insurgents in Yala. Ten insurgent suspects were captured in Yala.
Thai police collected DNA and fingerprints from 150 students and teachers at an Islamic school that authorities suspect was a training ground for insurgents. Muslim insurgents murdered a rail worker in Narathiwat province.