PHETCHABURI, 10 April 2013 (NNT) – An elephant’s decapitated carcass has been found in Kaeng Krachan national park in Phetchaburi province, its death believed to have been caused by the ivory trade. Park rangers and soldiers inspected the carcass of the male elephant that was at least 20 years old and had a height of […]
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra travelled to the deep South yesterday, when another attack targeting state officials took place. Two volunteer rangers were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Narathiwat’s Rangae district. The victims, Sophon Mosom and Kongkiat Kaendee, died in the explosion while riding a motorcycle to buy supplies at a market. Read more: […]
NARATHIWAT, April 7 – Three bombings in Narathiwat have been reported Sunday, killing two paramilitary rangers and wounding six others. The first bomb went off on Jaru-satian Road in Cho Ai Rong district when seven officials of the bomb squad were travelling to inspect the site of Saturday’s bombing in Sungaipadi district. Four soldiers were […]
NARATHIWAT, April 6 – Two muslim men were arrested separately in this southern province on Friday in connection with an attack on a military base in Bacho district on February 13 and a fatal explosion in Rueso district on March 29, police said. Bacho district police arrested Havali Tokae, 23, and charged him with attacking […]
A bomb attack in Yala Friday killed two senior civilian officials travelling in a passenger sedan, with one of them dying instantly at the scene and a deputy provincial governor later pronounced dead at a hospital. The driver survived but was seriously injured. Read more: The Nation
SONGKHLA, April 4 – The atmosphere in Hat Yai district is lively, welcoming the upcoming Songkran Festival, while over 12,000 hotel rooms have been fully booked during April 11-13. Hat Yai-Songkhla Hotel Association President Somchart Pimthanapoonporn said the Thai public and private sectors together are sponsoring the Hat-Yai Midnight Songkran Festival at Hat Yai’s town […]
Marine from unit that killed 16 insurgents in Narathiwat kidnapped from home by 8 presumed insurgents. Maela Tolu, a 24-year-old Muslim soldier from the base, was abducted from his home by eight gunmen on Monday night. He was abducted from his home by eight gunmen on Monday night, his wife told police in Narathiwat, one […]
PATTANI, 1 April 2013 (NNT) – Security forces in southern Thailand have defused a powerful 20-kilogram bomb, which was set to explode in the border province of Pattani by local insurgents. The 20-kilogram bomb was found at a bridge in Saiburi district by the Pattani bomb squad team who managed to defuse it. Earlier, police […]
