Militant Incidents in Thailand (March 2013)

by | Sep 10, 2016 | Incident Reports, Thailand Coverage

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

29 fatalities

89 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

c

Total Incidents

Pattani Malay Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by province

  • Pattani (20 incidents)
  • Narathiwat (17 incidents)
  • Yala (5 incidents)

Overview of incidents

  1. Mar. 01 – A soldier and five civilians were wounded when a bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded near a market in the city of Narathiwat. [BP, MCOT, Nat & Reut]
  2. Mar. 01 – An explosives-rigged pickup truck exploded close to a police station in the city of Narathiwat. Nobody was hurt in the blast. [BP, MCOT & Nat]
  3. Mar. 02 – A bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded as a paramilitary vehicle passed by in the city of Yala, killing two soldiers and wounding nine colleagues. Two civilians were also hurt in the attack. [BP, MCOT, Nat & Reut]
  4. Mar. 04 – A defense volunteer was shot to death by gunmen as he was riding a motorcycle in the Bacho district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  5. Mar. 04 – Two houses recently vacated by Buddhist families were set on fire by militants in Narathiwat‘s Rueso district. [BP]
  6. Mar. 06 – An army informer was killed when militants raked his car with gunfire in the Panare district of the Pattani province. [BP & Nat]
  7. Mar. 08 – Motorcycle-borne militants opened fire at youths playing basketball in the Sungai Padi district of the Narathiwat province. One boy was wounded in the incident. [BP & MCOT]
  8. Mar. 09 – A village chief was shot to death by terrorists as he visited the construction site of his new home in Pattani‘s Saiburi district. [BP & Nat]
  9. Mar. 10 – Militants shot and killed the wife of a police officer outside her home in the Mayo district of the Pattani province. [BP & Nat]
  10. Mar. 10 – A civilian was killed when gunmen shot up his car in the Nongchik district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  11. Mar. 10 – A deputy village headman was shot and wounded by gunmen as he arrived home in the Yaring district of the Pattani province. [BP & Nat]
  12. Mar. 11 – A soldier was killed and two colleagues were wounded when attackers hurled a grenade at a paramilitary pickup truck in the Raman district of the Yala province. [BP, MCOT & Nat]
  13. Mar. 14 – Gunmen shot and killed a deputy village headman outside his home in Narathiwat‘s Rangae district. [BP & MCOT]
  14. Mar. 15 – Four policemen were killed when their pickup truck was hit in a roadside bomb explosion in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP, MCOT & Nat]
  15. Mar. 16 – A police informer was shot to death by gunmen at a rubber plantation in the Yaha district of the Yala province. [BP]
  16. Mar. 16 – A soldier was wounded when motorcycle-borne gunmen opened fire at an army checkpoint in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  17. Mar. 17 – Terrorists shot and killed a local government official as he arrived home in his car in the Sisakhon district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & MCOT]
  18. Mar. 18 – A deputy village chief was killed when terrorists raked his car with gunfire in Pattani‘s Khokpho district. [BP & Nat]
  19. Mar. 18 – Gunmen shot and killed a civilian as he was riding his motorcycle in the Saiburi district of the Pattani province. [BP & Nat]
  20. Mar. 19 – An assistant village headman was killed by militants as he was riding a motorcycle in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  21. Mar. 21 – A bomb fixed to a motorcycle exploded next to an ice cream booth in the city of Pattani, killing a boy and wounding fourteen other people. [BP, MCOT & Nat]
  22. Mar. 22 – Gunmen shot and killed a deputy village chief at a bird singing contest in the Yaring district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  23. Mar. 23 – A local council member was shot to death by gunmen as he was riding a motorcycle in the Thungyang Daeng district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  24. Mar. 23 – A roadside bomb exploded as an army patrol passed by in the Waeng district of the Narathiwat province. Five soldiers were wounded in the attack. [BP]
  25. Mar. 23 – A civilian was seriously wounded when gunmen shot him as he was riding a motorcycle in Pattani‘s Mayo district. [BP]
  26. Mar. 24 – A defense volunteer was killed and his wife was seriously wounded when gunmen shot them at a rubber plantation in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & MCOT]
  27. Mar. 24 – A bomb fixed to a motorcycle exploded as a paramilitary patrol passed by in Pattani‘s Saiburi district, wounding seven soldiers. [BP, MCOT & Nat]
  28. Mar. 25 – Terrorists shot and killed a deputy village headwoman outside her house in the Khokpho district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  29. Mar. 26 – Gunmen shot and badly injured a local government official as he was riding a motorcycle in Narathiwat‘s Rueso district. [BP & MCOT]
  30. Mar. 26 – A retired local government official was wounded when gunmen fired at his pickup truck on a road in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [BP & MCOT]
  31. Mar. 26 – Militants clashed with paramilitary troops during a firefight in Narathiwat‘s Johirong district, wounding two soldiers. One of the gunmen was eliminated in the encounter. [BP, MCOT & Nat]
  32. Mar. 27 – Two civilians were shot and wounded by terrorists as they were riding a motorcycle in the Mayo district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  33. Mar. 27 – A roadside bomb exploded as a defense volunteers’ patrol passed by in the Krong Pinang district of the Yala province. Six of the volunteers were wounded in the blast. [BP & MCOT]
  34. Mar. 28 – Three soldiers were killed and five colleagues were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion that targeted paramilitary troops in the Johirong district of the Narathiwat province. [BP, MCOT, Nat & Reut]
  35. Mar. 28 – Militants fired two rocket-propelled grenades at a local government office in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  36. Mar. 28 – Gunmen sprayed gunfire at a paramilitary post in Yala‘s Raman district, sparking a brief shootout. No one was hurt in the incident. [BP & Nat]
  37. Mar. 29 – A roadside bomb exploded as a police vehicle passed by in the Yingo district of the Narathiwat province. Nobody was wounded in the blast. [BP]
  38. Mar. 29 – A soldier was killed and fourteen colleagues were injured when militants bombed and shot up an army patrol in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  39. Mar. 29 – A defense volunteer was shot and seriously wounded by terrorists in front of a mosque in the Panare district of the Pattani province. [BP & MCOT]
  40. Mar. 29 – A roadside bomb exploded as a police patrol passed by in the Sungai Padi district of the Narathiwat province, injuring a defense volunteer. [BP & MCOT]
  41. Mar. 29 – Two civilians were wounded when gunmen raked their car with gunfire in the Saiburi district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  42. Mar. 30 – Militants detonated a roadside bomb as a paramilitary pickup truck passed by in the Mayo district of the Pattani province. Two soldiers were killed and four others were wounded in the attack. [BP & MCOT]

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)