NARATHIWAT — An assistant village chief and a local resident were shot dead in a drive-by shooting in Rueso district on Wednesday morning. The attack took place on a road facing rubber plantations in tambon Rueso, said Pol Capt Marut Ninkosee, a duty investigation chief at Rueso police station, who was alerted around 9.30am. Read […]
McDonald’s Thailand has offered an apology to its clients over an incident at its chain store in Hat Yai where a rat was seen in a widely-shared video clip eating icecream toppings on a tray. The incident took place on March 21 at about 1.25 pm. at Lee Garden Hat Yai outlet. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
Yala police on Tuesday foiled an attempted car bombing, defusing explosives packed inside a stolen pickup truck outside a petrol station in the insurgency-wracked southern province. Explosive Ordnance Disposal officers discovered two cooking gas cylinders packed with explosives connected to a 12-volt motorcycle battery and a radio-transmitter trigger inside a Toyota Hilux parked in front […]
Seven army officers who were allegedly involved in the beating up to death of a conscript in Yala’s Bannang Sata district have been detained pending an investigation into the tragic incident. Colonel Pramote Prom-in, spokesman of the forward command of the Internal Security Operations Command’s Region 4, said Tuesday that initial finding confirmed that the […]
NARATHIWAT — Three soldiers were wounded by a bomb explosion in Tak Bai district on Monday morning, according to media reports. The three soldiers of Narathiwat Task Force 31 — Pvt Nasri Longso, Pvt Saksit Chaipimol and Pvt Sathit Bin-awah — were returning to their base on a pickup truck. Read more: Bangkok Post
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — A huge whale from a threatened species was killed in a boat collision and found Friday morning off Koh Phang beach in the southern province of Prachuap Khiri Khan. Chumpon Yodwipan, a local wildlife monitor, said the whale was found Friday morning by local fishermen near Koh Phang, located nearly 3 […]
Unrest in the deep South flared up again with nine bomb attacks in Pattani’s Yaring district early Thursday, resulting in one death and 12 others getting injured. Security officers later sealed the Tambon Yaring Municipality and ordered residents and children to stay indoors, as they swept the area for more threats in the morning. Read […]
Muslim insurgents fired M79 grenade at a pick-up tuck carrying nine policemen before bombarding the vehicle with hail of gunfire, killing three officers and injuring the six others. The ambush happened at 1 pm on a village road in Moh Sawa village in Tambon Bongor in Rangae district. Read more: The Nation
