Phetchaburi – A Phuket-bound bus overturned on the Phetkasem Road in Phetchaburi’s Muang district, killing two passengers and injuring 23 others, police said. The accident happened at 8:30 am. Read more: The Nation
Insurgents on Thursday planted an explosive device at a Narathiwat school then triggered it when the bomb squad arrived at the school, but fortunately no one was injured in the incident. Administrators of Ban Kawa School in Sungai Padi district suspended all classes for the day following the explosion. Read more: The Nation
Security agencies in Songkhla province have stepped up security measures to prevent possible violent attacks by insurgent groups as Ramadan comes to an end. Hat Yai police have set up checkpoints and are searching all vehicles after Songkhla governor Kritsada Boonrat ordered tighter security after intelligence gathering agencies warned that Songkhla may be the insurgent’s […]
NARATHIWAT, Aug 7 – One Thai army soldier was wounded in a bombing targeting a military-operated school bus near the entrance to Narathiwat Airport Tuesday afternoon. The bombing took place on Narathiwat-Baan Torn Road, less than 50 metres from the gate to Narathiwat Airport. Read more: MCOT
PATTANI, Aug 7 – Nine soldiers were wounded Tuesday morning in the latest bombing in the southern province of Pattani. A team of soldiers were on a routine patrol to provide security for teachers going to school in Yarang district when a roadside bomb exploded, causing their vehicle to lose control and plunge into a […]
Yala – Insurgents detonated a bomb hidden in a motorcycle to ambush a patrol unit in this southern border province Monday evening, injuring six troops. Read more: The Nation
NARATHIWAT, Aug 5 – A remote-controlled bomb, targeting soldiers on patrol, exploded in Narathiwat but left all unscathed. The 15-kilogramme bomb was placed in a gas cylinder and triggered by a mobile phone signal when 15 soldiers were on patrol in Takbai district. Read more: MCOT
Academics and religious leaders are opposed to the possible imposition of a curfew in the deep South in the wake of recent bomb attacks, saying that such drastic action would draw international sanctions on the counterinsurgency operations while also affecting the daily lives of local residents. Meanwhile, security authorities are looking for eight vehicles reported […]
