Militant Incidents in Thailand (Apr. – Jun. 2018)

by | Jul 9, 2018 | Incident Reports, Thailand Coverage

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

14 fatalities

25 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

c

Total Incidents

Pattani Malay Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by province

  • Narathiwat (12 incidents)
  • Pattani (10 incidents)
  • Yala (10 incidents)

Overview of incidents

  1. Apr. 04 – Militants shot and killed a police officer at the home of a relative in the Sungai Padi district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  2. Apr. 08 – A defense volunteer was shot dead by militants as he was riding on a motorcycle in the Mayo district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  3. Apr. 08 – Gunmen fired at two checkpoints manned by defense volunteers and a military sentry tower in the Bacho district of the Narathiwat province. No one was hurt in the incident. [Nat]
  4. Apr. 09 – Thirteen civilians sustained injuries when bombs attached to motorcycles exploded at a hotel, a karaoke bar and a Chinese restaurant in the town of Sungai Kolok, in the Narathiwat province. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
  5. Apr. 09 – A defense volunteer was seriously wounded when a bomb attached to his car exploded as he left home in the Yaring district of the Pattani province. [Nat & TPBS]
  6. Apr. 16 – Gunmen fired at a defense volunteer as he drove by in his vehicle in Pattani‘s Khokpho district, killing a companion and a passer-by. The volunteer was wounded in the attack. [BP & Nat]
  7. Apr. 24 – The wife and daughter of a Hmong community leader were killed when gunmen ambushed their pickup truck in the Wiangkaen district of the Chiang Rai province. The leader was wounded in the incident. [BP & TPBS]
  8. Apr. 25 – A retired village chief and a companion were shot dead by terrorists as they were riding home on a motorcycle in the Raman district of the Yala province. [Nat]
  9. May 02 – A Cambodian worker was beaten to death by suspected militants at a coconut plantation in the Muang district of the Yala province. [Nat]
  10. May 04 – A group of assailants set fire to two bus stops in the Sungai Padi district of the Narathiwat province. [Nat]
  11. May 04 – Two electricity poles were damaged in bomb explosions in the Takbai district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  12. May 04 – A group of militants set fire to two mobile phone towers in the Muang district of the Yala province. [BP & Nat]
  13. May 05 – Gunmen fired at two men riding a motorcycle in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province, killing one of them and injuring the other. [BP & Nat]
  14. May 20 – A cash machine was bombed and damaged by militants in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  15. May 20 – A bomb exploded outside a bank in the Kabang district of the Yala province. No one was injured in the blast. [BP]
  16. May 20 – Assailants fired several grenades at a military post in the Thanto district of the Yala province. [BP]
  17. May 20 – Two civilians sustained injuries in a bomb blast outside a bank and two cash machines in a series of incidents in the Muang district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  18. May 20 – An automatic teller machine was blown up by militants in the Bacho district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  19. May 20 – Militants bombed and damaged an automatic teller machine in the Nongchik district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  20. May 20 – Four bombs exploded across the Bannang Sata district of the Yala province. An electricity pole was damaged in one of the blasts. [BP]
  21. May 20 – A bomb went off outside a grocery store in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. No one was injured in the attack. [BP]
  22. May 20 – Gunmen opened fire at a paramilitary base in the Bacho district of the Narathiwat province. No casualties were reported in the incident. [BP]
  23. May 20 – Militants bombed a cash machine at a fuel station in the Thepa district of the Songkhla province, causing only damage. [BP]
  24. May 20 – An electricity pole was bombed by a group of Malay militants in the Raman district of the Yala province. [BP]
  25. May 20 – A bomb exploded at a fuel station in Pattani‘s Saiburi district. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [BP]
  26. May 20 – An automatic teller machine was damaged in a bomb explosion in the Sabayoi district of the Songkhla province. [BP]
  27. May 25 – A defense volunteer was injured in a gun battle between militants and security forces in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  28. May 28 – A civilian was shot dead by unidentified attackers as he arrived home in the Kapho district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  29. May 30 – Gunmen shot and killed a former local government official as he was riding his motorcycle in the Sungai Padi district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  30. May 31 – Motorcycle-borne militants shot and killed a medical doctor as he was traveling home on his bicycle in the Khokpho district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  31. Jun. 04 – Militants fired two grenades at a paramilitary post in the Bannang Sata district of the Yala province, injuring two soldiers. [Nat]
  32. Jun. 06 – A former deputy village chief was shot and killed by militants as he was traveling home on his motorcycle in the Bacho district of the Narathiwat province. [Nat]
  33. Jun. 08 – The deputy chairman of an Islamic religious organization was seriously injured when gunmen shot him outside a mosque in Pattani’s Saiburi district. [BP]
  34. Jun. 28 – A woman was critically hurt in a landmine explosion at a rubber plantation in the Yaha district of the Yala province. [BP]
  35. Jun. 30 – A worker was wounded in a bomb blast at a rubber plantation in the Muang district of the Yala province. [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)