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June 3, 2011November 3, 2012

Thai Army chief travels South, insists law enforcement must tackle southern violence

BANGKOK, June 3 – Thailand’s Army Commander-in-Chief Prayuth Chan-ocha expressed confidence that law enforcement rather than military action is the appropriate approach to quell the insurgency in the southern border provinces. Speaking to reporters before leaving for the insurgency-impacted southern border region, Gen Prayuth said his trip was to follow up progress on official operations […]

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Thai army soldiers practice tactical maneuvers during military operations on urban terrain training in Lop Buri, Thailand, May 18, 2006

South

June 2, 2011January 16, 2017

Three RKK insurgents killed in clash with soldiers in Narathiwat

NARATHIWAT, June 2 — Three suspected members of the insurgent group Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) were killed today in a clash with Thai government soldiers in the southern province of Narathiwat, and a quantity of arms and ammunition was seized. Navy Commander Ratharoj Apirachrassami led a special Marine task force from Chulabhorn Naval Camp in […]

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South

June 1, 2011

Three bombs claim 2 lives in Yala

The Kabang district chief and a defence volunteer were killed and six other people wounded by three bomb explosions in Yala’s Kabang district this morning, police said. The first explosion was about 3am. Rangsi Supassorn stepped on a home-made bomb buried at the foot of a rubber tree in his plantation in Moo 1 of […]

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South

May 31, 2011November 3, 2012

Two Thai insurgents killed themselves in botched bombing

NARATHIWAT, May 31 – Two suspected insurgents killed themselves in a botched attempt to plant a bomb to ambush security forces in the restive southern province of Narathiwat on Tuesday. The incident occurred in the early morning in Ruso district, according to local police who found scattered fragments of explosive devices in dense roadside grass. […]

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Three Buddhist teachers were shot dead in southern Thailand.

South

May 25, 2011May 12, 2017

Villager slain in Yala

A villager was killed in a shooting in Yala’s Yaha district on Tuesday night, Pol Col Narin Busaman, chief of Yaha police station, said on Wednesday. Muhammad Kusai Sapator, 25, was sitting smoking a cigarette in front of his home in Moo 1 of tambon Baroh when two gunmen approached him. Read more: Bangkok Post […]

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South

May 24, 2011January 7, 2014

Bomb Kills 2 Police Officers in Narathiwat

Southern insurgents detonated 2 bombs at a police vehicle that was patroling Takbai, Narathiwat. The explosions killed two policemen officers and seriously injured one. Read more: TAN Network

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South

May 20, 2011

Four insurgents killed as bombs injure 9 in South Thailand

Four separatist militants were killed in a gunfight with state security forces at Ban Charohpae in Yala’s Tharn To district early Friday morning, police said. Pol Col Peera Boonliang, deputy Yala police chief, said that about 6.30am the joint military ranger and border patrol police force surrounded the targeted house, after getting information that core […]

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South

May 18, 2011

Grenade attack in Yala, ammo bust in North

Two students and six other civilians were injured by the explosion of an M67 grenade thrown by a militant in the old market area of Yala’s Muang district about 7.35am on Wednesday, police said. Witnesses told police that a man wearing a university student’s uniform and riding a motorcycle threw the grenade at a pickup […]

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