NARATHIWAT, Aug 11 – No deaths have been reported in a prison riot here Thursday morning when soldiers and police were called in to quell the violence, Narathiwat Gov Thanon Vejjakornkanon said today. The Narathiwat governor, Songkhla central prison chief Udom Khuinara and Pol Col Nanthadej Yoinuan, deputy commander of the Narathiwat Provincial Police explained […]
PATTANI, Aug 8 – A teacher was shot dead in Pattani on his way to work Wednesday morning, and a defence volunteer was killed Tuesday night in the adjacent province of Narathiwat. Noppadol Sasimonthon, a teacher at Baan Tangyonglu School in the provincial seat, was driving his motorcycle from home to school about 8.30am when […]
NARATHIWAT, July 31 – A man was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a market in Narathiwat, Thailand on Sunday, while the owner of a rubber plantation lost his leg in a booby trap explosion in the restive province. A 34-year-old man, identified as Sapaeing Yako, 34, was shot dead at a Sunday’s […]
The 14 train services to the three southernmost provinces resumed Saturday after being suspended, pending repairs after bomb attacks on Wednesday in Narathiwat’s Ra Ngae district. The Southern Railway Office also beefed up security by having five fully-armed railway police and security volunteers onboard each train, while security officers also patrolled the route prior to […]
Narathiwat : Four troops were injured when insurgents detonated a roadside homemade bomb to ambush them following an attack against an Army post in Narathiwat with M79 grenades Friday morning. The insurgents detonated three bombs to ambush two military and police teams following the M79 attack against the base of the Peaceful Development Unit 316 […]
The southern train service from Tanyong Mat station in Narathiwat Province has been temporarily suspended after a bomb attack damaged the rail track. The service resumes this afternoon after the damaged railroad was repaired. Police from Ra Ngae District police station, military officers, along with members of a bomb disposal unit inspected the scene where […]
NARATHIWAT, July26 – An ice-cream shop owner who formerly served as a village defence volunteer was seriously wounded from gunshots by a suspected insurgent in this southern province of Narathiwat. Masori Kana, 32, owner of an ice cream shop in Bacho district of Narathiwat, was shot in both legs, and was later taken to hospital. […]
“When people here say it’s business as usual, nothing has changed, they mean people still get killed and bombs continue to explode every day…” A senior Buddhist monk made this off-the-cuff comment in a radio programme all the way from the southernmost district of Sugei Golok on the first day of Buddhist Lent last week. […]
