Militant Incidents in Thailand (Jan. – Mar. 2018)

by | Jun 6, 2018 | Incident Reports, Thailand Coverage

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

17 fatalities

53 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

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Total Incidents

Pattani Malay Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by province

  • Pattani (13 incidents)
  • Narathiwat (12 incidents)
  • Yala (9 incidents)

Overview of incidents

  1. Jan. 10 – A roadside bomb exploded as a paramilitary patrol passed by in Pattani‘s Nongchik district. Six soldiers were wounded in the incident. [BP & TPBS]
  2. Jan. 14 – A deputy village chief was injured when militants raked his pickup truck with gunfire in the Betong district of the Yala province. [TPBS]
  3. Jan. 19 – Terrorists shot and killed a government employee as she was riding a motorcycle in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. The victim’s husband had been murdered by militants a few years before. [BP & Nat]
  4. Jan. 22 – Three civilians were killed and at least eighteen others were wounded when a bomb fitted to a motorcycle exploded at a busy produce market in the city of Yala. RKK militants were responsible for the incident. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
  5. Jan. 22 – A local government official was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  6. Jan. 27 – A defense volunteer was shot and killed by militants at his residence in the Yaha district of the Yala province. [BP & Nat]
  7. Jan. 27 – Militants shot and killed a paramilitary soldier as he arrived home in the Muang district of the Pattani province. [TPBS]
  8. Feb. 01 – A roadside bomb exploded as a police patrol passed by in Narathiwat‘s Takbai district. No one was hurt in the blast. [Nat]
  9. Feb. 05 – A deputy village headman was shot to death by terrorists at a restaurant in the Muang district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  10. Feb. 06 – A bomb exploded at a school in Yala‘s Yaha district. A defense volunteer and two civilians were wounded in the attack. [BP & Nat]
  11. Feb. 06 – Gunmen shot and killed a deputy village chief and his father-in-law at their home in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  12. Feb. 11 – Militants set fire to a grocery store in the Yaring district of the Pattani province. Nobody was hurt in the attack. [BP]
  13. Feb. 11 – A bomb fixed to a bicycle exploded on the side of a highway in Pattani‘s Yarang district. A second bomb later went off as security personnel arrived at the scene. No one was hurt in the blasts. [BP]
  14. Feb. 11 – A bomb exploded outside a school in the Yaring district of the Pattani province. Two other bombs went off as security personnel and local government officials inspected the scene. Six people, including the district chief, a policeman and a defense volunteer, were wounded in the incident. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
  15. Feb. 12 – A Buddhist man was shot and killed by terrorists as he was cutting wood in the Chanae district of the Narathiwat province. [Nat]
  16. Feb. 13 – Two civilians were shot to death by unidentified militants in the Sisakhon district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  17. Feb. 14 – Gunmen opened fire at a defense volunteers outpost in the Yingo district of the Narathiwat province. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [BP]
  18. Feb. 15 – A roadside bomb exploded as defense volunteers passed by on their motorcycles in Yala‘s Muang district. Two of the volunteers were seriously hurt in the blast. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
  19. Feb. 18 – Militants shot and killed a civilian as he was working on his rubber plantation in the Yingo district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  20. Feb. 18 – Four soldiers sustained injuries when a military vehicle was struck in a roadside bomb explosion in the Chanae district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & TPBS]
  21. Feb. 19 – Militants detonated a roadside bomb as a police patrol passed by in Narathiwat‘s Johirong district. The assailants subsequently fired at the stricken vehicle. Three policemen were wounded in the attack. [Nat & TPBS]
  22. Feb. 20 – A roadside bomb exploded as a paramilitary foot patrol passed by in the Bannang Sata district of the Yala province. Four soldiers sustained injuries in the blast. [TPBS]
  23. Feb. 20 – A government employee was shot dead by terrorists as he arrived home from work in Yala‘s Krong Pinang district. [Nat]
  24. Feb. 23 – Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a Thai marine outpost in the Kapho district of the Pattani province. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [BP]
  25. Feb. 23 – Terrorists fired at a defense volunteers patrol in Pattani‘s Maikaen district. No casualties were reported in the attack. [BP]
  26. Feb. 23 – A military outpost came under fire from militants in the Saiburi district of the Pattani province. No one was wounded in the shooting. [BP]
  27. Feb. 23 – Militants sprayed gunfire at the homes of two police officers in Songkhla‘s Thepa district. A civilian was hurt in the attack. [BP]
  28. Feb. 23 – A group of terrorists fired at a military post in the Muang district of the Pattani province. No casualties were reported in the incident. [BP]
  29. Feb. 24 – A large department store and two shops were destroyed in two arson attacks by militants in the city center of Narathiwat. No one was hurt in the incident. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
  30. Feb. 28 – A former village chief was shot and seriously injured by militants at his residence in the Yingo district of the Narathiwat province. [Nat]
  31. Mar. 08 – Militants shot and killed a defense volunteer as he was guarding the house of a village chief in the Yaha district of the Yala province. [Nat]
  32. Mar. 12 – Two defense volunteers were injured when a bomb exploded at the site where they were setting up a post in the Panare district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  33. Mar. 13 – A village chief was shot to death by unidentified gunmen as he left a funeral in the Yang district of the Phetchaburi province. Local rivals were suspected in the incident. [BP]
  34. Mar. 23 – Two defense volunteers were shot and injured by gunmen at a school in the Takbai district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  35. Mar. 30 – Gunmen sprayed gunfire at a paramilitary post in Yala‘s Raman district, sparking a brief shootout. No one was hurt in the incident. [Nat]
  36. Mar. 31 – Militants fired at a passing passenger train as it left a station in the Johirong district of the Narathiwat province. Nobody was hurt in the attack. [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)