Militant Incidents in Thailand (April 2015)

by | May 11, 2017 | Incident Reports, Thailand Coverage

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

16 fatalities

17 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

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Total Incidents

Pattani Malay Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by province

  • Narathiwat (9 incidents)
  • Pattani (7 incidents)
  • Yala (4 incidents)

Overview of incidents

  1. Apr. 02 – Bombs exploded in rapid succession outside a car dealership, a used motorcycles store and a liquor shop in central Pattani. At least five electricity poles were also bombed by the assailants in the city’s suburbs. No casualties were reported in the blasts. [BP & Nat]
  2. Apr. 02 – Gunmen shot and killed two men as they were riding home from a hunting session on their motorcycles in Narathiwat‘s Rangae district. [BP]
  3. Apr. 04 – A bomb exploded outside a local government office in the Chanae district of the Narathiwat province, causing only damage. [BP]
  4. Apr. 04 – A roadside bomb went off as a paramilitary vehicle passed by in the Johirong district of the Narathiwat province. Nobody was hurt in the attack. [BP]
  5. Apr. 10 – Seven civilians, including an Italian tourist, were wounded when a car bomb exploded in the parking lot of a shopping mall on Samui Island, in the Surat Thani province. Elements linked to local politicians were suspected in the incident. [AFP, BP & DPA]
  6. Apr. 11 – Gunmen fired at a school janitor outside a grocery shop in the Yaring district of the Pattani province, injuring him and killing a relative. [Nat]
  7. Apr. 12 – Four members of a family were shot to death by a group of militants who raided their homes in the Sukhirin district of the Narathiwat province. The attackers later burnt their victims’ dead bodies. [BP]
  8. Apr. 12 – Two gunmen shot and seriously wounded a village headman as he arrived home in Pattani‘s Mayo district. The official’s assistant shot and killed the two assailants. The chief succumbed to his injuries later that day. Criminal elements were suspected in the attack. [BP & Nat]
  9. Apr. 13 – A couple was shot to death by terrorists as they were riding to their rubber plantation on their motorcycle in Yaha district of the Yala province. [BP]
  10. Apr. 13 – Militants shot and killed a doctor working for the health department as he arrived at a school for an inspection in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  11. Apr. 16 – Motorcycle-borne gunmen shot and wounded a local government official as she was driving to work in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  12. Apr. 19 – A civilian was shot to death by gunmen as he was riding his motorcycle in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  13. Apr. 21 – A bomb exploded on the side of a road in Yala‘s Raman district. Two terrorists who had just planted the device was killed in the blast. [BP & Nat]
  14. Apr. 24 – A group of militants opened fire at a paramilitary base in Pattani‘s Kapho district, setting off a firefight. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [BP]
  15. Apr. 24 – Terrorists shot and killed two female rubber tappers from Chiang Mai as they were riding a motorcycle in the Yala province. [Nat]
  16. Apr. 24 – A roadside bomb went off as a military armored vehicle passed by in the Mayo district of the Pattani province. No casualties were reported in the incident. [BP]
  17. Apr. 24 – Militants bombed an electricity pylon in Narathiwat‘s Takbai district, injuring four passers-by. [BP & Nat]
  18. Apr. 25 – Five officers and a civilian were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded as a police pickup truck passed by in the Betong district of the Yala province. [Nat]
  19. Apr. 26 – A soldier was seriously wounded in a roadside bomb blast that targeted a paramilitary foot patrol in the Yaring district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  20. Apr. 27 – A roadside bomb exploded as a military foot patrol passed by in the Khokpho district of the Pattani province, killing one soldier and injuring a colleague. [BP & Nat]
  21. Apr. 27 – A motorcycle-borne gunman shot and killed a village chief as he was walking home from a visit to a mosque in the Sisakhon district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]

AFP: Agence France-Presse (France), AP: Associated Press (America), Ber: Bernama (Malaysia), BP: Bangkok Post (Thailand), CNN: Cable News Network (America), KS: Khao Sod (Thailand), MCOT: Mass Communication Organization of Thailand (Thailand), Nat: Nation (Thailand), Reut: Reuters (Britain), TPBS: Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thailand)