ATM booths in more than 20 locations in the four deep south provinces were bombed early this morning while a teacher was gunned down as three teacher residences were torched. Forensic experts and bomb squad teams inspected the scene at a ATM booth at a Yala municipality minimart after the machine was bombed by suspected […]
(8 October) A 16 year old boy has died from drinking 18 litres of water, which was claimed to possess magical power, during an exorcist ceremony in Songkhla province. According to the father of the victim, the boy and his twin brother had joined their family members in a religious ceremony which was held inside […]
BANGKOK, Oct 8 – Nearly 200 infantry soldiers and commandos have been dispatched to evacuate local residents from 70 households in a remote flood-stricken Hua Hin village, an army spokesperson said today. Sirichan Ngathong, army deputy spokeswoman, said villagers in Pa La-u Noi village, Hua Hin district, were cut off after the road leading to […]
A shoot-out yesterday in the southern border province of Narathiwat left three suspected insurgents and two policemen dead, including a police major. The gunfight, which lasted about four hours, broke out in the afternoon after policemen laid siege to a house in Narathiwat’s Rusoh district. The property was believed to be a hideout for an […]
A BOMB ATTACK in Yala’s Krong Pinang district yesterday killed three soldiers and wounded four civilians, including a 5-year-old boy. The Forward Command of the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) Region 4 condemned the attack, blaming it on extremist assailants who officials said acted indiscriminately without concern for the impact on local people. Read more: […]
The Nakhon Si Thammarat provincial court issued an arrest warrant for a Vietnamese woman who was able to get away with 25 Million THB from Thai people she had scammed in Thailand. NAKORN SRI THAMMARAT – September 29, 2013 [PDN]; An arrest warrant for Mrs. Lo Thi Thanh issued by the Nakhon Si Thammarat provincial […]
NARATHIWAT, Sept 27 – An explosive ordnance disposal team was ambushed in Ruso district of this southern province Friday, while four police officers died in a crash en route to provide backup to their colleagues. The ambush took place when the team’s 17 personnel in four vehicles were on a road in the mountains after […]
The Nation’s senior photographer Charoon Thongnual was in Nakhon Si Thammarat Monday when the rubber growers protesters clashed with police in a brutal crackdown. Police used tear gas to disperse the protest in Chu-uat district, leaving several on both sides injured and vehicles damaged. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
