AYUTTHAYA, Sept 17 – Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said she had assigned Deputy Police Chief Pol Gen Adul Sangsingkaew to closely follow up situation after the bomb attacks in the southernmost province of Narathaiwat that killed three people and wounded dozens of victims. Ms Yingluck said at the moment it was too early to […]
At least three people, including a foreign tourist, were killed and more than 50 wounded in three car and motorcycle bomb attacks in Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district Friday night. The first of three explosions went off at 6.40pm opposite the Teochew Association in Soi 3 of Charoen Khet Road in Sungai Kolok municipality. The blast, […]
NARATHIWAT, Sept 15 – A bomb explosion and fire heavily damaged a newly-built police station in Narathiwat’s Bacho district but no casualties were reported, according to the authorities. The two-storey Paluka Samo police station was targeted late Wednesday, before its official opening on Oct 1. Read more: MCOT
Narathiwat – A Thai muslim soldier killed himself after he fatally shot two Navy officers and injured two other officers in this southern border province Wednesday morning. The shooting occurred at a post of Narathiwat Taskforce 32 in Jampakor village in Tambon Barehnua in Bacho district at 8 am. Read more: The Nation
The teachers federation in the three Thailand’s southernmost provinces of Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani yesterday issued a four-point statement saying teachers were a main target of those behind the unrest in the region, and urged teachers to strictly follow security measures. Federation deputy president Manop Boonthaviroj said the situation had worsened since 37-year-old teacher Khanit […]
NARATHIWAT, Sept 8 – An army ranger in this restive southern border province was killed on Thursday as presumed insurgents shot him with an M-16 assault rifle while he was driving a pick-up truck carrying three other rangers back from work. The slain ranger was identified as Cpl Yongyuth Sujarit posted to an army base […]
A gunman shot five customers, including a nine-year-old boy, at a teashop in Narathiwat Tuesday. All the victims survived but with injuries. Police believed the attack was related to the ongoing unrest in the deep South. Read more: The Nation
NARATHIWAT, Sept 4 – One soldier was wounded in a bombing in Takbai district Sunday afternoon while the national police chief was visiting local policemen in this southern province. A bomb, weighing around five kilogrammes was hidden in an iron box and triggered by a mobile phone when Sergeant Major 1st class Veera Siriwongkhan led […]
