Two security installations heavily damaged by suspected arson in Narathiwat

NARATHIWAT, Sept 26 – Fire badly damaged two security installations by suspected arsons in Narathiwat’s Bacho district but no casualties were reported, according to local police. Fires broke out at a police special operations unit and an army post at about 9pm Sunday, according to Pol Col Pakdee Prechachon, superintendent of Bacho police station. Read […]

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Pattani Officials step up security measures in Southern Thailand

PATTANI, 25 September 2011 (NNT) – Security Authorities in Pattani Province have stepped up security measures especially at important landmarks, and community zones after they received leads on a possible bombing in the area. Various checkpoints have been set-up on major roads leading to the Mueang District, to search all incoming vehicles. Leads have indicated […]

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Two suspects investigated for alleged involvement in multiple Narathiwat bombings

NARATHIWAT, Sept 24 – Two suspects were arrested and questioned on Saturday as to whether they were involved with last Friday’s planned sequential series of bombing in this restive south province which claimed six lives, including four Malaysian tourists, while in a separate incident, one local resident was shot this morning by presumed insurgents. Lt […]

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Troop injured in Narathiwat explosion

A bomb went off Friday at a Narathiwat school, wounding a soldier guarding it and causing panic to schoolchidren. The five-kg explosive was planted under the roof of an unused building in Pracha Bamrung school in RaNgae district, and was detonated through mobile phone signals when a six-man patrol went in to take a rest. […]

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