Five suspected southern insurgents were shot dead by security forces on a mountain in Cho Airong district of Thailand’s southern border province of Narathiwat on Sunday. The security forces also seized five M16 assault rifles, one HK rifle and some supplies from the location on Tawae Mountain in Tambon Bukit. Full story: thaipbsworld.com By Thai […]
NARATHIWAT (NNT) – Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, today met with the people of Narathiwat and followed up on development projects in the southern border province. Gen. Prayut said the government will continue working to improve the people’s quality of life and address the insurgency in the region. The Prime Minister and […]
Search and rescue operations resumed this morning for two young girls who went missing, and are believed to have drowned, after they were swept into deeper waters by a series of large waves in the sea off Naratat Beach in Muang district of Narathiwat province on Saturday. The two girls, 8-year old Nulfadia Sala and […]
A southern insurgent was shot dead and two defence volunteers were wounded in related clashes in Sukhirin district of Thailand’s southern border province of Narathiwat today (Sunday). According to police reports, a group of insurgents attacked a defence volunteer outpost, in Tambon Romsai of Sukhirin district just before noon, injuring two volunteers. Full story: thaipbsworld.com […]
Two soldiers turned themselves in on Friday as part of an investigation into the shooting deaths of three unarmed civilians by Thai security forces in the mountains of insurgency-stricken Narathiwat province on Dec. 16, police said. The killings have sparked new anger against the Thai government in Narathiwat and neighboring provinces in the mainly Muslim […]
BANGKOK, Nov 27 (TNA) – Police chief ordered security be stepped up in the southern border provinces after a bombing at a rail track in Narathiwat’s Sugnai Padi district Wednesday morning. Deputy police spokesperson, Pol Col Kritsana Pattanacharoen said an unknown number of assailants carried out the predawn attack at the rail track between Sungai […]
A paramilitary ranger sustained serious injury after he was stabbed by a man who tried, unsuccessfully, to seize his service rifle, and who was quickly subdued by another ranger. The incident took place Thursday afternoon near Ban Suwo defence outpost in Tambon Bareh Tai of Bacho district in the southern border province of Narathiwat. Full […]
A couple were shot dead and their motorcycle stolen in Ra-ngae district of the southern province of Narathiwat on Friday. The two victims were identified as Mr. Paisal Joongsakul, 65, and his wife, Mrs. Sumon, 58. They were each was shot twice and their bodies were found lying on the Hurupareh-Chulaborn road in Tambon Tanyongmat. […]
