Blast in southern Thailand kills nine

A bomb blast in southern Thailand has killed nine villagers and wounded two others, police say. The villagers were driving in Yala, one of three restive provinces, when a bomb exploded next to their truck. The blast occurred less than a week after separatist rebels killed four soldiers in an attack on an army base […]

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Thai Police detain 18 suspected of involvement in army outpost attack in Narathiwat

PATTANI, Jan 25 – Thai police here have detained 18 suspects for suspected involvement in an attack at an army outpost in Rangae district last week. Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) spokesman Col Banpot Poolpian said a joint operation of 300 military and police searched for insurgents who attacked the military outpost in Narathiwat’s Rangae […]

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Four soldiers dead, six wounded in surprise attack on Narathiwat army base; army in pursuit

NARATHIWAT, Jan 20 – Insurgents carried out a surprise attack on an army unit in Narathiwat’s Rangae district Wednesday night, killing four soldiers–including an army company commander–and wounding six others. The attack occurred just two days after the government extended its emergency decree in the three southernmost provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala, and only […]

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