YALA, July 9 – A school teacher died on Saturday after suffering severe injuries from a shooting attack this morning in the restive province of Yala. Prayat Chuphet was gunned down by two unidentified gunmen while he was riding his motorcycle from home to Pattana Islam Wittaya School, according to Pol Lt Prapas Tongma of […]
SONGKHLA, July 6 – Thailand’s southern provinces of Songkhla and Satun have been blanketed in haze from current Indonesian forest fires. Thin haze covers a number of areas including a road linking business district of Hat Yai and the Muang Songkhla district, causing poor visibility. Read more: MCOT
NARATHIWAT, July 3 – Two election officials were wounded Sunday, ambushed as they were transporting ballot boxes by car in insurgency-impacted Narathiwat’s Si Sakhon district, while a bombing occurred in Ruso district in the afternoon. Two election workers, one identified as Boonting Wanthongsang and the other unidentified, were shot by gunmen hiding along the road […]
Insurgents fired an M79 grenade at the Narathiwat Provincial Hall Friday, in what are seen as a stepped-up attacks ahead of election day. Police said an unknown number of insurgents fired the grenade with a M79 launcher at the Narathiwat Hall in the Government Complex in Muang district at about 11.20am. The grenade missed the […]
TRANG, June 25 – A light 3.5 earthquake shook the southern province of Trang Friday night, sparking panic among local residents and fishermen, while Trang Governor Maitree Inthusut on Saturday ordered officials to search for damages and monitor if more quakes could occured. The National Disaster Warning Center reported that the quake struck Trang at […]
Narathiwat – An assailant fired at a group of teenagers playing computer games inside a house in this southern border province early Friday, injuring three of them. Police said the attack occurred at a house in the downtown area of Sungai Kolok district at 1 am. Ten teenagers were playing computer games in the house […]
YALA, June 22 – Two villagers were killed in separate roadside shooting attacks in Raman district of the southern violence-plagued province of Yala, according to local police. Bueraheng Sadeemae, 37, was shot dead in the attack by unidentified assailants Wednesday morning, according to Pol Lt Pawich Urasai of Raman Police Station. The victim’s body was […]
Police say attack might be political, though insurgents’ role not ruled out A Democrat Party canvasser in Yala was shot to death yesterday and his wife injured in a gunfire attack, though police have yet to say if it was politically motivated or carried out randomly by insurgents. Sophon Songkaew, also a kamnan in the […]
