Militant Incidents in Thailand (September 2015)

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

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

10 fatalities

26 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

c

Total Incidents

Pattani Malay Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by province

  • Pattani (6 incidents)
  • Narathiwat (4 incidents)
  • Yala (2 incidents)

Overview of incidents

  1. Sep. 05 – Motorcycle-borne terrorists shot and killed an elderly imam outside a grocery shop in the Saiburi district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  2. Sep. 05 – A roadside bomb went off as an army jeep passed by in Narathiwat‘s Takbai district. Nobody was hurt in the blast. [BP]
  3. Sep. 06 – Four paramilitary soldiers were wounded a bomb fitted to a motorcycle exploded a their pickup truck passed by in the Kapho district of the Pattani province. The attack was attributed to the RKK. [BP & Nat]
  4. Sep. 08 – Gunmen shot and killed the driver of a garbage truck during the collection of trash at a market in Pattani‘s Panare district. [BP & Nat]
  5. Sep. 14 – A roadside bomb exploded as a pickup truck carrying paramilitary troops passed by in the Muang district of the Yala province. Six soldiers were wounded in the attack. [BP]
  6. Sep. 16 – A soldier was killed when a roadside bomb exploded as a paramilitary foot patrol passed by in Pattani‘s Panare district. [BP & Nat]
  7. Sep. 17 – Bombs exploded at a market, a Buddhist temple, a post office, next to a railroad track and a karaoke bar in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province, killing two civilians and a paramilitary soldier. Thirteen other people, including three soldiers, were wounded in the blasts. [BP & Nat]
  8. Sep. 21 – A roadside bomb went off as a police foot patrol passed by in the Muang district of the Pattani province. Three policemen were injured in the attack. [BP & Nat]
  9. Sep. 22 – A bomb exploded in front of a restaurant in the Yaring district of the Pattani province. No one was hurt in the blast. [BP & Nat]
  10. Sep. 28 – Gunmen shot and killed a civilian as he was traveling in his car on a highway in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  11. Sep. 29 – The son of a deputy village chief was shot to death by terrorists as he was sleeping outside his home in Yala‘s Bannang Sata district. [BP]
  12. Sep. 30 – Two border policemen were killed when militants shot them as they were riding a motorcycle in the Takbai district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]

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)