Heavy flooding spread to new areas of the country amid heavy rain over the weekend, with the seaside town of Pattaya in the East the latest hit, and largescale evacuations were ordered in Krabi and neighbouring provinces in the South. Waisthigh flooding in many areas of North and South Pattaya in Chon Buri province followed […]
YALA, Sept 12 – Four persons in one family, including two boys, were wounded Sunday when a 25kg explosive device planted on a roadside exploded, local police said. A bomb squad rushed to the crime scene and sent the injured to a nearby hospital. Read more: MCOT
The teachers federation in the three Thailand’s southernmost provinces of Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani yesterday issued a four-point statement saying teachers were a main target of those behind the unrest in the region, and urged teachers to strictly follow security measures. Federation deputy president Manop Boonthaviroj said the situation had worsened since 37-year-old teacher Khanit […]
NARATHIWAT, Sept 8 – An army ranger in this restive southern border province was killed on Thursday as presumed insurgents shot him with an M-16 assault rifle while he was driving a pick-up truck carrying three other rangers back from work. The slain ranger was identified as Cpl Yongyuth Sujarit posted to an army base […]
SONGKHLA, Sept 8 – Three Cambodian industrial workers were killed this morning by flying machine parts in a latex processing factory. The victims, two men and one woman, were migrant workers with legal work permits, identified as Zat In, 21, Chanhuan Seng, 26, and Sarit Sen, 26. Read more: MCOT
A gunman shot five customers, including a nine-year-old boy, at a teashop in Narathiwat Tuesday. All the victims survived but with injuries. Police believed the attack was related to the ongoing unrest in the deep South. Read more: The Nation
A school teacher was shot to death and his body set on fire by a group of suspected militants on Tuesday afternoon in Raman district of Yala province. Pol Lt-Col Krisanapong Paetsith, chief investigator at Raman district police station, said the charred body of Kanit Lamnui, 38, a teacher of Ban Kue Meng School in […]
PATTANI, Sept 5 – Rival groups of inmates rioted in Pattani provincial central prison Monday morning resulting in one prisoner dead and two others, including a Myanmar national, injured, according to Pattani deputy governor Lertkiat Wongphothipan. The dead man was a well-behaved prisoner who facilitated the work of the prison’s wardens. The two other injured […]
