Gunmen attack temple crowd in Thailand, 2 killed A five-year-old girl and a state official were killed and 11 other people wounded when a group of gunmen fired into a crowd at an annual temple festival in Surat Thani on Monday morning. Police said at least six gunmen fired from 11mm handguns and more than […]
A member of the advisory council on development planning in the southernmost provinces demands the new government promote public participation in the ongoing attempt to address violence in the region. She also says that state officials must be closely monitored as human right violations at their hands are still reported in the area. Read more: […]
YALA, July 17 – Three rubber traders were shot dead by suspected muslim insurgents in Yala’s Raman district. Yala provincial police and bomb squad inspected the scene on Raman-Talo-Halo roadside where the victims were buying latex from villagers. The casualties were males of 34, 35, and 37 years old and shot in their heads and […]
Pattani – muslim insurgents opened fire at Buddhists shopping for goods for making merit on Asarnha Bucha Day Friday, killing a student and injuring two men. The shooting occurred at the market in Ban Klang village in Tambon Ban Klang in Panare district at 7 am. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
PATTANI, July 14 – A former defence volunteer was gunned down Thursday at a tea shop in the southern province of Pattani, according to local police. Adeunan Maming, 33, was shot in his torso and forehead while drinking tea at a shop in Yarang district, according to Pol Col Uthai Tipsopa of Ban Sarong police […]
Pattani – Two Buddhist brothers were killed in a drive-by shooting in this southern border province Wednesday morning. Police said the two brothers were construction workers and were riding their motorcycle to work in Pattani downtown when two muslim insurgents on a motorcycle caught up and opened fire at them. Read more: The Nation
A van transporting students from Bangkok back to Yala crashed with a ten-wheel truck, killing seven students and the van driver and injuring eight other students Tuesday, police said. The accident happened at 12:30 pm on the Asia Highway in Tambon Klong Channuan of Surat Thani’s Wiang Sa district. Read more: The Nation
NARATHIWAT, July 11 – A Muslim religious leader and his wife on Monday were gunned down while riding their motorcycle to work in violence-plagued Narathiwat’s Rangae district, while three bombings occurred overnight at two locations in Yala, wounding one local resident and nine government personnel. While Imam Mama Samao, 49, and his wife were on […]
