Security in Pattani’s Muang district has been beefed up as a precaution against possible revenge attacks by militants following the raid of a small bomb-making factory in Nong Chik district on February 10. Security forces found the small bomb-making factory in the middle of a mangrove forest on the coast of Ban Tanyongpao, Tambon Thakamcham. […]
PHUKET: One man was injured and two vehicles damaged when high winds caused an old tree to fall on Takhua Pa-Thai Muang Rd near the Khao Lak police checkpoint in Phang Nga on Tuesday evening (Feb 9). The Khao Lak Rescue Centre received a call from a local resident at 5pm stating that strong winds […]
PATTANI – A school was set on fire in Nong Chik district early on Friday, the same district where security forces on Wednesday raided a hidden base in a mangrove forest used by insurgents for making bombs. Arsonists struck at Ban Khai school in tambon Pulopuyo, said Pol Capt Sahat Chanmai, a duty officer at […]
A troop was killed and two rangers were injured in a spade of bomb attacks in the restive southern border province. The troop was killed when insurgents detonated a homemade bomb to ambush his patrol unit in Yala’s Krong Penang district Friday morning. Read more: The Nation
PATTANI – Security forces captured a well-setup, hidden base used by a separatist insurgent group on Wednesday, arrested one suspect and seized a large quantity of bomb-making materials and weapons, in Pattani’s Nong Chik district. Pol Lt Gen Suchart Thirasawat, an assistant national police chief, said the combined military-police force overran the base following a […]
KRABI — Travelers got an early start to Valentine’s Day yesterday at a romantically lit Krabi International Airport, where staff burned candles to keep things moving during a six-hour power outage and security lapse. The main electrical system was offline for maintenance, and then the backup generators failed in the passenger terminal building from 9am […]
SURAT THANI — Police in Surat Thani province were goaded into raiding the community for drugs after a local abbot erected a banner complaining about rampant drug abuse in his temple. Between Monday and Tuesday, the operation netted a dozen suspects and came in response to a scathing banner which sarcastically invited addicts to share […]
SURAT THANI – Strong winds and high waves damaged 10 houses and a jetty on Koh Tao, but caused no injuries. Monsoonal conditions around 3am Monday partially collapsed the Mae Had pier owned by Sea Tran Discovery. Marine Department officials from Koh Phangan inspected the damage today and ordered the pier closed until it has […]
