NARATHIWAT – Suspected Muslim insurgents detonated seven improvised explosive devices (IEDs) across Yee Ngor and Ra-ngae districts late Saturday night into early Sunday morning, in what police believe was a coordinated tactic to cause unrest ahead of the holy month of Ramadan. No casualties were reported, though several motorcycles and properties sustained damage.

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According to Yee Ngor district police, the first explosion occurred at approximately 11:00 p.m. inside a rubbish bin in front of a motorcycle repair shop in Village 7 of Yee Ngor sub-district. Several motorcycles parked nearby sustained minor damage.

The second blast followed around midnight, detonating in a garbage bin in front of the Livestock Development district office, approximately 800 metres from the first attack site. Two hours later, a third device exploded, also concealed in a rubbish bin, in front of a phone repair shop in Village 7.

The fourth explosion was reported at around 4:00 a.m. near the district’s clock tower, followed by a fifth device that detonated in roadside bushes in Village 2.

Seven coordinated bomb attacks in neighbouring Narathiwat have prompted authorities in Yala to raise security to the highest level.

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CCTV footage captured two suspects on a motorcycle in Yee Ngor district, with the pillion rider seen dismounting and placing an object—believed to be a homemade bomb—in roadside vegetation.

In neighbouring Ra-ngae district, police responded to a grocery shop in Tanyongmas sub-district after a shopkeeper reported a suspicious object on a display shelf at approximately 11:00 p.m. The device detonated before authorities arrived, causing damage to the shop and goods but no injuries.

A seventh device exploded at around 1:00 a.m. in a garbage bin opposite the Office of Primary Education Region 3, also in Tanyongmas sub-district.

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Police have launched an investigation and are reviewing additional CCTV footage to identify the perpetrators. Security forces remain on high alert across the southern border provinces as Ramadan approaches, a period historically marked by heightened insurgent activity.

-Thailand News (TN)