NARATHIWAT — Three soldiers were wounded by a bomb explosion in Tak Bai district on Monday morning, according to media reports. The three soldiers of Narathiwat Task Force 31 — Pvt Nasri Longso, Pvt Saksit Chaipimol and Pvt Sathit Bin-awah — were returning to their base on a pickup truck. Read more: Bangkok Post
Muslim insurgents fired M79 grenade at a pick-up tuck carrying nine policemen before bombarding the vehicle with hail of gunfire, killing three officers and injuring the six others. The ambush happened at 1 pm on a village road in Moh Sawa village in Tambon Bongor in Rangae district. Read more: The Nation
NARATHIWAT — At least a dozen armed gunmen seized control yesterday of a hospital in Narathiwat from which they then opened fire on a nearby ranger outpost in an attack the army blames on the local separatist movement. The unusual attack, which was jointly condemned by the army and the National Human Rights Commission as […]
Violence continued in deep south province of Narathiwat on Monday as a bomb exploded in Sungai Kolok district. However no one was injured in the attack. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
At least ten armed men shot to death the secretary of the Romsai tambon administration organisation in Narathiwat province during a hostage siege there, police said. Pol Lt Wongduan Khamsri, the duty officer at Sukhirin district police station, said the incident occurred at about 11am. Read more: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST
Seven soldiers were slightly injured and their pickup truck was damaged in a roadside bomb attack in Narathiwat’s Reu So district early Wednesday morning. The explosion at 00.05am, targeted the 16-strong team of police and soldiers on their way back from an operation. Read more: The Nation
The explosive ordnance disposal team Monday defused a pipe bomb planted on a motorcycle parked in front of a bank branch in Narathiwat’s Muang district. It was suspected the bomb targeted the Marines who would patrol the area every morning or was intended to destroy the district’s economic climate. Read more: The Nation
Two Vietnamese fishing vessels, equipped with destructive fishing gear, were seized and 11 crewmen arrested for illegally fishing in Thai waters off Narathiwat on Saturday. Marine police stopped the two boats 20 nautical miles off the southern provinces at 10am on Saturday following a tip-off that foreign vessels were illegally catching fish in Thai waters. […]
