Militant Incidents in Thailand (Jul. – Sep. 2018)

by | Oct 25, 2018 | Incident Reports, Thailand Coverage

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

23 fatalities

24 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

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Total Incidents

Pattani Malay Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by province

  • Pattani (12 incidents)
  • Narathiwat (8 incidents)
  • Yala (6 incidents)

Overview of incidents

  1. Jul. 02 – An elderly man was badly injured in a landmine explosion at his rubber plantation in Yala‘s Krong Pinang district. [BP & KS]
  2. Jul. 04 – Terrorists shot and killed a defense volunteer as he was traveling home from duty on his motorcycle in the Khokpho district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  3. Jul. 04 – A civilian sustained injuries in a bomb blast at a rubber plantation in the Bannang Sata district of the Yala province. [BP & TPBS]
  4. Jul. 05 – A worker was seriously injured when a bomb exploded at a rubber plantation in the Muang district of the Yala province. [BP & TPBS]
  5. Jul. 10 – Motorcycle-borne militants shot and killed a soldier as he was traveling to work in the Johirong district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & TPBS]
  6. Jul. 14 – A rubber tapper was shot dead by militants at his plantation in the Chanae district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  7. Jul. 25 – Four hunters were wounded when a band of militants ambushed their pickup truck in the Sungai Padi district of the Narathiwat province. [Nat]
  8. Aug. 07 – Terrorists shot and killed two defense volunteers as they returned home from duty in the Sungai Padi district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  9. Aug. 08 – A civilian was shot and killed by Malay militants outside a grocery shop in the Mayo district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  10. Aug. 08 – Gunmen shot and wounded a defense volunteer as he rode by on his motorcycle in the Kapho district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  11. Aug. 11 – Two women were shot to death by militants as they were riding on a motorcycle in Narathiwat‘s Bacho district. [BP & TPBS]
  12. Aug. 11 – Malay terrorists shot and killed a defense volunteer outside his booth in the Panare district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  13. Aug. 18 – An off-duty policeman and his wife were injured when gunmen fired at their vehicle in the Saiburi district of the Pattani province. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
  14. Aug. 19 – Attackers hurled three hand grenades at a house in Pattani‘s Khokpho district, injuring two civilians. [Nat]
  15. Aug. 25 – The retired assistant of a local government official was shot and killed by militants as he was riding on his motorcycle in Narathiwat‘s Rueso district. [Nat]
  16. Aug. 26 – A civilian was killed and another one was wounded when gunmen shot them at a grocery shop in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  17. Aug. 30 – An office of the state electricity company was set on fire by militants in the Kabang district of the Yala province. Two parked vehicles were also torched. [BP]
  18. Aug. 30 – Malay fighters sprayed gunfire and hurled two incendiary bombs at an office of the local electricity department in Pattani‘s Khokpho district. [BP & Nat]
  19. Aug. 30 – Militants shot and killed a defense volunteer at a crowded market in the Muang district of the Pattani province. A bystander was killed and another one was hurt in the shooting. [BP & Nat]
  20. Sep. 02 – The owner of a furniture shop and his wife were shot dead by terrorists at their store in the Thepa district of the Songkhla province. [BP]
  21. Sep. 08 – Two defense volunteers were killed and two colleagues were injured when a band of militants opened fire at a sentry post outside an education center in Narathiwat‘s Chanae district. [AFP & BP]
  22. Sep. 09 – Militants hurled a firebomb at a motorcycle repair shop in the Chana district of the Songkhla province. A bomb exploded as defense volunteers and a local government official arrived at the scene. No one was hurt in the incident. [AFP & BP]
  23. Sep. 09 – A fruit trader was shot to death by motorcycle-borne militants outside his home in the Thanto district of the Yala province. [BP & Nat]
  24. Sep. 09 – Militants shot and injured a defense volunteer as he was picking up his grandchildren from school in Pattani‘s Muang district. [BP]
  25. Sep. 11 – Gunmen opened fire at a paramilitary patrol in Pattani‘s Nongchik district, killing two soldiers and wounding four colleagues. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
  26. Sep. 20 – An off-duty policeman was killed when gunmen ambushed his pickup truck in Yala‘s Raman district. Four companions were wounded in the shooting. [AP, KS & Nat]
  27. Sep. 26 – A deputy village chief was shot dead by terrorists as he was traveling to work on his motorcycle in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [Nat]
  28. Sep. 29 – Militants shot and killed a civilian inside his home in the Kapho district of the Pattani province. The victim’s teenage daughter was hurt in the attack. [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)