Pattani, Thailand – A bomb killed two policemen and wounded four other officers Saturday in Thailand’s violence-wracked Narathiwat province where separatists had vowed to disrupt the New Year festivities. The bomb exploded in a crowded open market in Sungaipadi district of Narathiwat, 750 kilometres south of Bangkok, at 7:50 am (0050 GMT), while police were […]
NARATHIWAT, Dec 29 – Four people were wounded by a car bomb at a Highway Department office in the violence-plagued province of Narathiwat Wednesday morning. Hidden in a pick-up truck, the bomb exploded in Bajo district, injuring four people–Abul Dueramae, 24; Uma Jeror, 69; Satorpa Uma, 50; and Masamree Naleng, 26. They were all sent […]
Pattani, Thailand – The Thai cabinet on Tuesday revoked emergency law in a district in Pattani province, part of the majority-muslim deep South region, where violence has claimed more than 4,000 lives over the past seven years. The lifting of the decree in the Mae Lan district adjoining Pattani city, where stability has been restored, […]
PHUKET, Dec 26 — Foreign and Thai relatives of those who perished in the devastating tsunami disaster that hit Thailand’s six Andaman coastal provinces on Boxing Day in 2004 held remembrance events for their beloved ones in the two southern resort provinces, officials said. Simple ceremonies including religious activities were part of the remembrance events […]
Two rangers killed in Narathiwat Two para-military rangers were killed and two women civilians wounded by gunmen in Rangae district of Narathiwat province Thursday morning. Pol Lt-Col Chalerm Yingkong, the duty officer at Rangae police station, said the rangers – Surapol Phetthae and Preecha Chanthanet – were on the way back on a motorcycle from […]
A notorious ustaz wanted for many insurgent attacks was possibly behind Saturday’s deadly ambush on two solders in Yala, an intelligence source said yesterday. The defence intelligence source identified the muslim religious leader as Rohing Raman, who was active in two tambon in Muang district and three tambon in Raman district. Two of the four […]
The latest spate of violence in Thailand has killed five people, including two soldiers, as authorities scramble to bridle the growing militancy in the restive southern region. When two government soldiers were providing security for a group of Buddhist monks in Yala, one of three muslim-majority southern provinces on Saturday, suspected gunmen opened fire on […]
A soldier was killed and three others were hurt in a shooting ambush by suspected insurgents in the southern border province of Yala on Sunday. In the neighbouring province of Narathiwat, a roadside bomb damaged a military vehicle transporting eight troops on patrol. No personnel were injured. Bangkok Post
