PATTANI, July 24 (TNA) – Police and soldiers were hunting for suspects who killed four officers and injured two others in an attack with guns and grenades on a checkpoint in Kor Pilae village in Paka Harang sub-district of Muang district last night. Authorities believed at least 10 insurgents launched the attack late last night […]
Troops and police have stepped up security in border districts of Songkhla following a warning by an intelligence agency that Muslim insurgents would launch attacks. Sources from a security agency in southern border provinces said an intelligence agency had learned that a group of insurgents was planning to launch attacks in Songkhla’s Saba Yoi district. […]
An army officer and his three subordinates were slightly injured on Monday when a bomb hidden under the surface of a road went off, toppling their pickup truck. Bannang Satar police said the 20-kilogramme bomb in a gas cylinder was detonated when the vehicle of the rangers reached the spot where the explosion was buried. […]
SURAT THANI, July 22 (TNA) – A Spanish tourist, who got lost at a waterfall on Samui Island was found safe by a villager. Deputy police spokesman Kritsana Pattanacharoen said Mr. L. C. O., 57 has been already rescued by a villager. He was now safe but he had fatigue and is now resting at […]
Phang Nga governor Siripat Pattakul Friday ordered all government agencies in the southern province to be on alert around the clock after surface run-off from a mountain hit a village in Takua Pa district in the early hours. Following hours of heavy rains, the run-off from Khao Lak-Ram Ru mountain flooded Moo 3 village in […]
RATCHABURI: A young woman live streaming her intended suicide on Facebook was rescued from the brink as she threatened to jump from a building in Muang district on Monday night. The 23-year-old, whose name was withheld, was sitting in shadow on a ledge near the top of a 3-storey building housing a tutoring school in […]
Rescue workers are scouring the Mae Klong River, in Thailand’s central province of Samut Songkhram, this afternoon (Tuesday) to look for survivors after four people went missing and about 19 others were injured when a riverside pavilion collapsed. The pavilion was located next to Wat Petch pier in Tambon Mae Klon, Muang district. Full story: […]
Southern train services were halted after a freight train jumped off the track in Ratchaburi province on Monday. The State Railway of Thailand said all southern train services were affected. Workers were on the scene to clear the track. The freight train derailed between Ban Ku Bua and Ratchaburi stations. Full story: Bangkok Post BANGKOK […]
