Militant Incidents in Thailand (September 2013)

1. Sep. 01 – Gunmen fired at two activists participating in protests by rubber farmers in the Chauat district of the Nakhon Si Thammarat province, killing one of them and injuring the other. [MCOT]
2. Sep. 02 – A roadside bomb exploded as paramilitary troops passed by in the Chanae district of the Narathiwat province, seriously wounding a soldier. [BP]
3. Sep. 08 – Militants shot and killed a civilian in front of his home in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
4. Sep. 09 – A physician was shot and injured by gunmen as he was riding home on his motorcycle in the Raman district of the Yala province. [BP & Nat]
5. Sep. 10 – A bomb exploded at a guard booth outside a school in the Muang district of the Yala province, killing two soldiers. Two other soldiers and a student were wounded in the attack. The bombing was attributed to the RKK. [BP, MCOT & Nat]
6. Sep. 11 – Five policemen were shot to death after terrorists had stopped their vehicle on a road in the Thung Yangdaeng district of the Pattani province. [BP, MCOT & Nat]
7. Sep. 12 – Terrorists shot and killed three paramilitary soldiers as they were building a public toilet in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. Another soldier was hurt in the incident. [BP & MCOT]
8. Sep. 14 – A roadside bomb exploded as a military pickup truck passed by in Pattani‘s Khokpho district. Two soldiers were killed and four colleagues were wounded in the attack. [BP, MCOT & Nat]
9. Sep. 16 – Gunmen shot and injured a former local council member as he was riding home from work on a motorcycle in the Kapho district of the Pattani province. [BP]
10. Sep. 16 – Motorcycle-borne gunmen shot and killed a defense volunteer in front of a school in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
11. Sep. 17 – A teacher was wounded when gunmen shot him as he was riding home on his motorcycle in Pattani‘s Nongchik district. [BP & Nat]
12. Sep. 18 – Gunmen shot and killed a construction contractor as he was dropping off workers in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. Two of the workers were hurt in the shooting. [BP]
13. Sep. 18 – A civilian and his wife were killed when gunmen shot them as they were riding home from work on a motorcycle in the Nongchik district of the Pattani province. [BP]
14. Sep. 24 – Militants set off a roadside bomb as a police patrol passed by in Yala‘s Yaha district, injuring two officers. [BP]
15. Sep. 25 – A medical rescue worker was shot and killed by terrorists as he was riding on a motorcycle in the Bannang Sata district of the Yala province. [BP]
16. Sep. 27 – A roadside bomb exploded as paramilitary troops passed by in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. No one was hurt in the attack. [BP]
17. Sep. 27 – Militants shot and killed a defense volunteer as he was traveling home on a motorcycle in the Kapho district of the Pattani province. [BP]
18. Sep. 27 – A civilian was wounded when gunmen shot her as she was riding a motorcycle in Narathiwat‘s Rangae district. [BP]
19. Sep. 27 – Terrorists detonated a roadside bomb as an army patrol passed by in Narathiwat‘s Rueso district. Members of a bomb disposal team later came under fire from militants while they were investigating the scene, injuring three soldiers. A civilian was killed and another one was wounded after their car got raked in the crossfire. Four policemen were also killed and seven colleagues were injured when their vehicle crashed after it ran over spikes planted on the road by the militants as they rushing to the scene. The attack was attributed to the RKK. [BP, MCOT & Nat]

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)