Geographical distribution
Total casualties
7 fatalities
12 injuries
Militant violence trending
insignificant variations
Total Incidents
Pattani Malay Insurgency
(share of total incidents)
%
Breakdown by province
- Narathiwat (11 incidents)
- Yala (5 incidents)
- Pattani (2 incidents)
Overview of incidents
- Oct. 09 – A soldier was killed and a colleague was injured when a paramilitary patrol was hit in a roadside bomb blast in Narathiwat‘s Bacho district. [BP & TPBS]
- Oct. 14 – Gunmen shot and killed a deputy village chief as he was praying at a mosque in the Thungyang Daeng district of the Pattani province. [BP]
- Oct. 15 – A group of gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in the Takbai district of the Narathiwat province. A Malaysian citizen died when his car was caught by the gunfire. [BP & TPBS]
- Oct. 18 – A roadside bomb went off as policemen rode by on motorcycles in Narathiwat‘s Sungai Padi district. No one was wounded in the attack. [BP]
- Oct. 19 – Militants attacked defense volunteers with a roadside bomb in the Chanae district of the Narathiwat province. Nobody was hurt in the blast. [BP]
- Oct. 19 – A roadside bomb exploded as a military truck passed by in the Sungai Padi district of the Narathiwat province. No one was hurt in the incident. [BP]
- Oct. 22 – Gunmen shot and killed a paramilitary soldier outside his home in the Johirong district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
- Nov. 02 – An assailant hurled firebombs at a police station in the city of Samut Prakan. No one was hurt in the incident. [BP]
- Nov. 08 – Militants opened fire at Thai troops during a siege on the house in which they were holed up in Pattani‘s Saiburi district, setting off gun battles. The two terrorists were eventually eliminated in the clashes. [BP & TPBS]
- Nov. 10 – Gunmen shot and killed a local council chairman at a coffee shop in the Rattaphum district of the Songkhla province. The attackers were linked to rival local politicians. [TPBS]
- Nov. 12 – Four paramilitary soldiers were wounded when their pickup truck was struck in a roadside bomb explosion in the Bannang Sata district of the Yala province. [BP & TPBS]
- Nov. 21 – A policeman was killed and his colleague was injured when a roadside bomb exploded as they escorted teachers to work in Yala‘s Bannang Sata district. [BP]
- Nov. 30 – A roadside bomb exploded as two paramilitary vehicles passed by in the Johirong district of the Narathiwat province, injuring a soldier and a civilian. [BP & TPBS]
- Dec. 17 – Attackers stopped a bus traveling to Bangkok and ordered its passengers out before setting it on fire in the Bannang Sata district of the Yala province. [BP & TPBS]
- Dec. 25 – A truck came under fire from unknown militants in the Yaha district of the Yala province. No casualties were reported. [TPBS]
- Dec. 25 – Militants bombed and destroyed six electricity poles in the Betong district of the Yala province. [TPBS]
- Dec. 25 – Assailants hurled grenades and opened fire at a paramilitary post in Narathiwat‘s Sungai Padi district, setting off a gun battle. No one was hurt in the incident. [TPBS]
- Dec. 26 – A paramilitary soldier was killed and three colleagues were injured when gunmen raked their vehicle with gunfire in the Sisakhon district of the Narathiwat province. A passer-by was also injured in the attack. [TPBS]
- Dec. 28 – A roadside bomb exploded as a paramilitary patrol passed by in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. Nobody was injured in the blast. [BP]
- Dec. 29 – Militants fired at paramilitary troops who raided their hideout in Narathiwat‘s Rangae district, sparking a brief gun battle. No one was hurt in the encounter. [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)