South train attacked, services affected

NARATHIWAT: Southbound trains to Narathiwat were being terminated in Yala on Monday after gunmen damaged a passenger train’s braking system in Yala’s Raman district on Sunday. Only rapid train services 171 and 172 were operating as usual. Full story: Bangkok Post Waedao Harai BANGKOK POST

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Two injured by bomb in Narathiwat, one loses leg

NARATHIWAT: A man lost a leg and a woman sustained facial injuries in a bomb explosion at a rubber plantation in Sungai Padi district on Monday morning. Pol Lt Col Chakorn Chuchuay, of Sungai Padi police, said the attack occurred about 8am in a rubber plantation near Ban Khuan in tambon Sungai Padi. Full story: […]

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Narathiwat villages sealed off to prevent South African variant of COVID-19

Nine villages in Tak Bai district, where the first cases of the South African variant of Covid-19 were detected on Saturday, remained closed to prevent the malignant strain from spreading to other areas in Narathiwat, a senior Public Health Ministry official said on Sunday. Disease Control Department chief Opas Karnkawinpong said nine villages in tambon […]

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Assistant village headman slain in Narathiwat

NARATHIWAT: An assistant village headman was killed in a gun attack in Bacho district on Sunday, police said. Pol Col Dulayaman Yaena, the Bacho police chief, identified the victim as Somjit Sukjai, an assistant chief of Sungai Bala village in tambon Lubo Sawo. Full story: Bangkok Post Abdullah Benjakat BANGKOK POST

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