Nine wounded in separate bomb attacks in Southern Thailand

NARATHIWAT, May 25— Five soldiers were injured in a bomb attack in Narathiwat while another four police officers and two villagers were injured in a bombing and shooting attack in a nearby province. The incident occurred late Saturday morning in Rueso district while the military officials were returning to base after a security-related meeting. Read […]

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Army ranger, insurgent, killed in Narathiwat clash

NARATHIWAT, May 23 – One army ranger volunteer and a suspected insurgent were killed in a clash late last night in this restive southern province. The armed engagement occurred as army rangers sealed off a village in Cho-airong district after intelligence reports confirmed a group of suspected insurgents were hiding in a house there. Read […]

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Six wounded in Narathiwat hotel bombing

NARATHIWAT, May 18 – At least six people were wounded in a hotel bombing in this southernmost province at about 11am this morning. Narathiwat police commander Pol Maj Gen Wichai Kasemwong led forensic experts and an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) ‘bomb squad’ team to inspect the Asia Hotel, located in Su-ngai Kolok district, after the […]

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Two killed, one hurt in separate Narathiwat attacks

NARATHIWAT, May 13 — Two men were killed in a shooting in Ra-ngae district here while a rubber grower was severely wounded in an ambush in Rueso district today, according to police. The first incident occurred at a house in Ra-ngae district early this morning when Sulfa Lomaewaming, 31, and Sutham Noonnoi, a 43-year-old lorry […]

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Insurgent suspect killed in clash with army rangers

NARATHIWAT, April 30 – A presumed insurgent was shot dead during a clash of unidentified armed men with an Army Ranger patrol on a mountain in the southern province of Narathiwat. About 30 Army Rangers searched Ailakor mountain in Chanae district Tuesday morning following a tip-off that it is a hide-out of members of the […]

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Four Marines killed in Narathiwat bomb blast

NARATHIWAT, April 22 – Four Marines were killed and six others were wounded in a bomb explosion at a marine base today in this southern border province. The bomb was found near a bridge in Bacho district and defused before being collected for further examination inside the base of Narathiwat Marine Task Force 32. Read […]

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Two more killed as PM visits far South

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra travelled to the deep South yesterday, when another attack targeting state officials took place. Two volunteer rangers were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Narathiwat’s Rangae district. The victims, Sophon Mosom and Kongkiat Kaendee, died in the explosion while riding a motorcycle to buy supplies at a market. Read more: […]

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