Militant Incidents in Thailand (March 2016)

by | May 26, 2017 | Incident Reports, Thailand Coverage

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

20 fatalities

39 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

c

Total Incidents

Pattani Malay Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by province

  • Narathiwat (13 incidents)
  • Pattani (10 incidents)
  • Yala (4 incidents)

Overview of incidents

  1. Mar. 02 – A paramilitary soldier was seriously injured when gunmen raked his pickup truck with gunfire at an undisclosed location in the Yala province. [Ber & Nat]
  2. Mar. 03 – A retired police officer was shot dead by terrorists as he was riding his motorcycle in Pattani‘s Yarang district. The victim’s dead body was later set on fire by the attackers. [BeN]
  3. Mar. 03 – Several terrorists shot and killed an intelligence agent assigned to a paramilitary unit as he left his home in the Muang district of the Yala province. [AFP, Ber, BP & Nat]
  4. Mar. 03 – A rubber tapper was shot to death by gunmen as he was riding to work on his motorcycle in the Yaha district of the Yala province. The assailants subsequently burnt the dead body of the victim. [AFP, Ber, BP & Nat]
  5. Mar. 03 – An executive of the provincial electricity department was shot dead by gunmen at a construction site in Pattani‘s Yarang district. [Ber & Nat]
  6. Mar. 04 – A roadside bomb exploded as a convoy of teachers under security escort passed by in Narathiwat‘s Rangae district. Two defense volunteers sustained injuries in the blast. [BP]
  7. Mar. 08 – Gunmen shot and killed a police officer who was providing security for teachers in the Takbai district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  8. Mar. 08 – A village chief was shot dead by terrorists as he was traveling home on his motorcycle in the Sisakhon district of the Narathiwat province. The official cooperated with the security forces. [BP]
  9. Mar. 09 – Two soldiers were killed and three colleagues were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded as an army vehicle passed by in Narathiwat‘s Chanae district. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
  10. Mar. 11 – Motorcycle-borne gunmen shot and seriously injured a policeman at a checkpoint in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  11. Mar. 13 – A group of gunmen opened fire at security personnel guarding a railway station in the Johirong district of the Narathiwat province, sparking a shootout. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [BP & Nat]
  12. Mar. 13 – Seven paramilitary soldiers sustained injuries when terrorists fired several grenades at an army outpost in Narathiwat‘s Johirong district. [Ber, BP & Nat]
  13. Mar. 13 – A bomb went off under a bridge in the Johirong district of the Narathiwat province. Attackers later fired at paramilitary troops as they secured the area. No on was hurt in the incidents. [Ber, BP & Nat]
  14. Mar. 14 – A roadside bomb went off as a military patrol passed by in the Takbai district of the Narathiwat province, injuring two soldiers. [BP]
  15. Mar. 14 – A defense volunteer was wounded when a bomb exploded near a railway station in Narathiwat‘s Sungai Padi district. [BP]
  16. Mar. 14 – A roadside bomb exploded as a defense volunteers unit passed by in the Sungai Padi district of the Narathiwat province. No one was hurt in the incident. [BP]
  17. Mar. 15 – Bombs exploded outside two houses in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province, injuring a woman. One of the houses belonged to a retired teacher. [BP]
  18. Mar. 16 – Terrorists shot and killed an off-duty female defense volunteer at a market in the Mayo district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  19. Mar. 17 – A defense volunteer was shot and killed by terrorists as he was traveling home from work in the Yaring district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  20. Mar. 24 – Motorcycle-borne terrorists sprayed gunfire into an eatery in the Sabayoi district of the Songkhla province, injuring three civilians. [BP]
  21. Mar. 26 – A news reporter and a companion were shot to death by unknown assailants at a rubber plantation in the Muang district of the Yala province. [BP & Nat]
  22. Mar. 27 – Gunmen shot and killed two military intelligence agents as they were riding a motorcycle in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [Ber & BP]
  23. Mar. 27 – A deputy village chief was shot to death by militants in front of his home in the Mayo district of the Pattani province. [Ber & TPBS]
  24. Mar. 29 – Three officers were killed and six colleagues were seriously wounded when a group of terrorists ambushed a police pickup truck in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. [AFP, Ber, BP, Nat, & TPBS]
  25. Mar. 30 – A series of bombs exploded outside a local government office, two banks and a post office in the Yaring district of the Pattani province. A civilian was killed and another one was seriously injured in the blasts. Another bomb went off as security personnel examined the scene of the attacks, injuring six policemen. [Ber, BP, Reut & TPBS]
  26. Mar. 30 – Gunmen shot and killed a local government employee as he was riding home from work on his motorcycle in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  27. Mar. 30 – Terrorists sprayed gunfire at a military post in the Thungyang Daeng district of the Pattani province. No one was hurt in the incident. [BP]
  28. Mar. 31 – A roadside bomb went off as teachers were traveling to work under police escort passed by in Pattani‘s Yaring district. Five police officers were hurt in the attack. [Ber, BP, Reut & TPBS]

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)