NARATHIWAT, April 25 – Two men were shot dead early Wednesday by presumed insurgents while driving in Bacho district of this southern border province, according to local police. Prapai Kongtong, 57, and Suk Daengkwan, 63, were gunned down by an unknown number of assailants armed with M16 assault rifles, Pol Capt Mhad-useng Maosani of Paluka […]
NARATHIWAT, April 24 – Eight persons, including several soldiers and a three-year-old boy, were injured in a roadside bombing on Tuesday in restive Narthiwat’s Tak Bai district, according to local police. Four of the eight casualties were members of Narathiwat Special Task Force Unit 36, identified as MSgt 3rd Class Uthen Kaewichean, MSgt 2nd Class […]
A village head was shot dead by suspected insurgents in front of his house in Sungai Padi district, Narathiwat province early Tuesday morning. Police found the body of Sainung Ada, 50, riddled with bullets with a pistol still in his hand. Found at the scene of attack were 18 cartridges from AK-47 and M-16 rifles. […]
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, April 22 – The police confiscated more than 1,700 methamphetamine pills and almost 300 mobile phones in a pre-dawn raid at Na Khon Si Thammarat prison. The deputy director–general of the Corrections Department, Sophon Thitithammarak, and Nakhon Si Thammrat Governor Wirote Jiwarangsan told a news conference on Sunday that the early morning […]
PATTANI, April 23 – A defence volunteer was shot dead in the restive southern province of Pattani Monday morning as he was on his way to provide security for a school in the municipality. The victim was identified as Sulkipli Tahe, 46, a defence volunteer in the provincial seat. Read more: MCOT
Twenty families fled their homes in Krabi’s Muang district yesterday as two tambon were hit by forest run-off water after a night of heavy downpours. Some 20 rescue workers and police officers assisted the flood victims in Tubprik and Muang sub-districts at 6am. The kamnan of Tubprik sub-district, Suppachai Kerdsuk, said that following heavy rain […]
NARATHIWAT, April 22 – A suspected insurgent was shot dead and a policeman was injured during a police raid in Narathiwat on Sunday morning. About 30 border patrol police officers raided a house in Ruso district after learning that Tuwae-anun Nima, a member of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) insurgency group, evading an arrest warrant […]
A security force surrounded a village in Krong Pinang District, Yala Province before killing five insurgents in a gunfight. Yesterday evening, more than 50 members of a joint police-military task force surrounded a village in Krong Pinang District of Yala Province after having learned that 32 year-old Zachary Japakiya, a wanted insurgent suspect was organizing […]
