Militant Incidents in Thailand (Apr. – Jun. 2017)

1. Apr. 01 – A soldier was injured when militants ambushed an army patrol in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [BP]
2. Apr. 03 – A band of more than thirty RKK militants fired rocket-propelled grenades and sprayed gunfire at a police checkpoint in the Krong Pinang district of the Yala province, injuring twelve officers and sparking a brief shootout. [AP, BP, Nat & TPBS]
3. Apr. 05 – Two street cleaners were slightly injured when a bomb planted in a trash can exploded along a busy avenue in the Phranakhon neighborhood of Bangkok. [BP]
4. Apr. 07 – Several electricity poles were bombed by bands of militants in the Nongchik district of the Pattani province, disrupting local power supplies. [BP]
5. Apr. 07 – A group of militants bombed an electricity pylon in the Bacho district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
6. Apr. 07 – Militants bombed three electricity poles and a power transformer outside a local government office in the Bannang Sata ditrict of the Yala province. [BP & Nat]
7. Apr. 07 – Bands of terrorists bombed two electricity poles in the Sungai Kolok district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
8. Apr. 07 – Two electricity pylons were bombed and destroyed by terrorists in Narathiwat‘s Muang district. [BP]
9. Apr. 07 – Assailants bombed two electricity poles in the Yingo district of the Narathiwat province. No one was hurt in the attacks. [BP]
10. Apr. 07 – Two electricity pylons and a mobile phone tower were damaged in bomb attacks by militants in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
11. Apr. 07 – An electricity pole was bombed by a group of terrorists in the Sisakhon district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
12. Apr. 07 – Assailants set fire to two electricity poles at different locations in Songkhla‘s Sabayoi district. [Nat]
13. Apr. 07 – An electricity pole was set on fire by a group of attackers in the Thanto district of the Yala province. [BP & Nat]
14. Apr. 07 – Militants bombed and damaged two electricity pylons in the Johirong district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
15. Apr. 07 – A bomb exploded on a bridge along a highway in Pattani‘s Nongchik district. No casualties were reported in the incident. [BP]
16. Apr. 07 – Militants bombed electricity pylons at different locations in the Muang district of the Pattani province, disrupting local power supplies. [BP]
17. Apr. 07 – Militants bombed and electricity pylon in the Waeng district of the Narathiwat province. Nobody was hurt in the blast. [BP & Nat]
18. Apr. 19 – Attackers hurled a hand grenade at a defense volunteers checkpoint outside a local government office in the Yingo district of the Narathiwat province. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
19. Apr. 19 – A bomb exploded on a road in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. No casualties were reported in the incident. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
20. Apr. 19 – A group of gunmen ambushed a defense volunteers unit in the Sungai Padi district of the Narathiwat province. Nobody was injured in the shooting. [BP & Nat]
21. Apr. 19 – Attackers threw a hand grenade at a guard booth outside the main police station of the Chana district of the Songkhla province, sparking a brief gun battle with police officers. [BP & TPBS]
22. Apr. 19 – Militants hurled hand grenade at a police housing complex in the Kapho district of the Pattani province. No one was hurt in the incident. [BP]
23. Apr. 19 – Terrorists fired a rifle grenade at a military post in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. No one was hurt in the attack. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
24. Apr. 19 – Attackers tossed a hand grenade at the house of a police officer in the Takbai district of the Narathiwat province. [Nat]
25. Apr. 19 – Assailants hurled a hand grenade at a security checkpoint in Pattani‘s Mayo district. No casualties were reported in the incident. [BP]
26. Apr. 19 – A bomb fitted to a motorcycle exploded in the vicinity of a defense volunteers post in Songkhla‘s Sabayoi district. Two terrorists were accidentally killed in the blasts. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
27. Apr. 19 – Militants threw a grenade at a defense volunteers post in the Sisakhon district of the Narathiwat province. Nobody was injured in the blast. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
28. Apr. 19 – Gunmen opened fire at an army unit in the Thepa district of the Songkhla province. No casualties were inflicted in the attack. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
29. Apr. 19 – An army base was attacked by militants in the Takbai district of the Narathiwat province. No one was hurt in the incident. [BP]
30. Apr. 19 – Militants hurled a grenade at a police station in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. No casualties were reported in the incident. [BP]
31. Apr. 19 – Assailants tossed hand grenades at two houses in Narathiwat‘s Waeng district. No one was injured in the incident. [BP & TPBS]
32. Apr. 27 – A roadside bomb exploded as a paramilitary pickup truck passed by in Narathiwat‘s Chanae district. Gunmen subsequently raked the stricken vehicle with gunfire. Six soldiers were killed and two colleagues were seriously injured in the attack. [AFP, BP, Nat & TPBS]
33. May 02 – A bomb exploded alongside an empty stretch of road in the Bacho district of the Narathiwat province. The device was believed to have detonated prematurely. [BP]
34. May 05 – A roadside bomb exploded as a border police patrol passed by in Narathiwat‘s Takbai district. One policeman was wounded in the incident. [BP]
35. May 09 – A civilian was beaten up and later shot to death by militants who hijacked his pickup truck in Pattani‘s Nongchik district. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
36. May 09 – Two car bombs exploded at a department store in the Muang district of the Pattani province. At least 61 people were wounded in the blasts. [BP, Reut & TPBS]
37. May 15 – A bomb exploded near a theater in the city center of Bangkok. Two passers-by were wounded in the blast. [BP & Reut]
38. May 22 – A roadside bomb exploded as Thai troops passed by on their motorcycles in the Muang district of the Yala province. Six soldiers were wounded in the blast. [BP & TPBS]
39. May 22 – A bomb exploded at a hospital in the city of Bangkok. At least 24 civilians were wounded in the incident. The attack was carried out by opponents of the Thai military authorities. [BP & Reut]
40. May 23 – Terrorists bombed and shot up a paramilitary patrol in the Krong Pinang district of the Yala province. Two soldiers were killed in the incident. [BP & TPBS]
41. May 24 – Motorcycle-borne militants hurled small bombs at a defense volunteers post and a nearby police checkpoint in the Bannang Sata district of the Yala province. No one was injured in the blasts. [TPBS]
42. May 26 – Gunmen opened fire at a paramilitary base in the Bannang Sata district of the Yala province, sparking a brief shootout with security forces. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [BP & Nat]
43. Jun. 02 – Five soldiers sustained injuries when a bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded next to an army truck in the Takbai district of the Narathiwat province. A second bomb went off after Thai troops had arrived at the scene, wounding two additional soldiers. [BP & Nat]
44. Jun. 07 – A bomb exploded outside a library in the Panare district of the Pattani province, causing only minor damage. [Nat]
45. Jun. 07 – Militants detonated a bomb inside an office of the state electricity company in the Mayo district of the Pattani province. [Nat]
46. Jun. 10 – A civilian was killed and his companion was injured when gunmen shot them as they were riding on a motorcycle in Pattani‘s Yaring district. [BP]
47. Jun. 13 – Gunmen shot and seriously injured a village chief as he was riding on his motorcycle in the Bannang Sata district of the Yala province. [Nat]
48. Jun. 14 – A roadside bomb exploded as a group of students under paramilitary escort passed by in Pattani‘s Saiburi district. A soldier and two students were wounded in the incident. [TPBS]
49. Jun. 15 – A deputy village chief was shot to death by terrorists near his residence in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [BP]
50. Jun. 16 – Two municipal workers were wounded when a small bomb exploded as they were trimming bushes along a street in the city center of Bangkok. [Reut]
51. Jun. 16 – Motorcycle-borne terrorists shot and killed an officer as he was guarding a police station in the Waeng district of the Narathiwat province. [Nat]
52. Jun. 17 – Two youths were killed when gunmen shot them as they were foraging food at a rubber plantation in Pattani‘s Yaring district. [BP]
53. Jun. 18 – A village chief was shot to death by militants as he was traveling on his motorcycle in the Kabang district of the Yala province. [TPBS]
54. Jun. 19 – Six soldiers were killed and four colleagues were wounded when an army truck was struck in a roadside bomb explosion in the Thungyang Daeng district of the Pattani province. [AP, BP & TPBS]
55. Jun. 21 – An influential Muslim religious teacher was killed in attack by militants at a school in the Nongchik district of the Pattani province. The victim was a known opponent of Islamist militancy. [BP & Nat]
56. Jun. 23 – A bomb fitted to a motorcycle exploded as an army truck passed by in the Sungai Kolok district of the Narathiwat province. Twelve soldiers and two civilians were wounded in the blast. [BP, Nat & 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)