A HEAVY clash between police investigators and a group of insurgents in Far South Narathiwat’s Si Sakhon district today (Oct. 17) led to a police officer and an assailant being killed while two civilians also got injured, Naewna newspaper said. The Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Region 4 Forward Command has issued an urgent
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Probe shows southern car bomb packed with two IEDs
FORENSIC investigation of a car bomb explosion at Far South Narathiwat province’s old Tanyong police station at 7.20 p.m. last night (July 21) shows the sedan was rigged with two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) with fake licence plates attached, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit of the Special Operations Division
Read moreSuspect held in bombing of petrol pump restroom
A THAI army and police team today (Feb. 11) arrested a suspect in the bombing of a restroom at a PTT petrol pump in Si Sakhon district, Narathiwat province, last evening that led to three people being injured, Naewna newspaper said. Based on photographs and a surveillance camera clip as well as tips from
Read moreISOC issues warning after 11 petrol pumps bombed at 3 Far South provinces
THE Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Region 4 Forward Command issued a warning for the public to avoid driving through or near petrol pumps unless absolutely necessary after 11 of them in the three Far South provinces were bombed and set ablaze late last night (Jan. 10), PPTVHD36 said today. Security forces are currently
Read moreThree killed, one injured in Pattani shooting
INSURGENTS wearing hijabs, Muslim women’s head covering, opened fire at defence volunteers in Pattani this evening (May 19) killing two of them on the spot with the third later dying in the hospital and the fourth recovering from his injuries, Naewna newspaper said. Initial investigation revealed that the four insurgents rode up on two
Read moreTwo soldiers injured in Yala bomb blast
TWO soldiers from the 15th Engineering Battalion got injured in Yala late afternoon today (May 7) after a bomb planted by insurgents exploded as they were returning to their lodgings, Amarin TV said. The injured soldiers were part of a team which is dredging a canal along a railway line from Koto Tuera subdistrict
Read moreMinister in Far South for talks as attacks increase
JUSTICE Minister Tawee Sodsong travelled to the southern border Narathiwat province today (May 5) to monitor and hold talks on the insurgency in this and Yala and Pattani provinces and find a sustainable solution amid a rise in violent incidents, Amarin TV said. Maj. Gen. Narong Tantisiriporn, commander of the Narathiwat Task Force, along
Read moreFar-South insurgents ambush defence volunteers killing two of them
INSURGENTS in the three southern border provinces ambushed defence volunteers twice overnight (Apr. 27-28) killing two of them and seriously injuring a third official and also set a vehicle ablaze, TV Channel 7 said this morning. The first incident occurred at around 10.11 p.m. in Yarang district of Pattani when an unknown number of
Read morePipe bomb thrown at armoured vehicle in Far South
INSURGENTS flung a pipe bomb at an armoured vehicle in the Far South province of Narathiwat at 9 p.m. today (April 2) but fortunately there were no casualties, Naewna newspaper quoted “Khao Baan Rao Chai Daen Tai” as saying. The pipe bomb hit the armoured vehicle from the 4th Infantry Regiment near Ban Mai
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