Militant Incidents in Thailand (October 2013)

by | Sep 14, 2016 | Incident Reports, Thailand Coverage

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

24 fatalities

44 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

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Total Incidents

Pattani Malay Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by province

  • Narathiwat (16 incidents)
  • Pattani (12 incidents)
  • Yala (5 incidents)

Overview of incidents

  1. Oct. 02 – A civilian was shot to death by Malay militants as he was waiting for a friend to give him a ride in the Saiburi district of the Pattani province. [BP & Nat]
  2. Oct. 02 – A roadside bomb exploded as a military vehicle passed by in the Krong Pinang district of the Yala province, killing four soldiers. Three civilians were injured in the attack. [BP & Nat]
  3. Oct. 03 – Two soldiers were injured when a roadside bomb exploded as paramilitary troops passed by in the Chanae district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  4. Oct. 05 – Two policemen were killed and a colleague was injured in a gun battle with a group of RKK militants when Thai security forces raided their hideout in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. Four of the terrorists were eliminated in the operation. [AFP, BP, DPA & Nat]
  5. Oct. 06 – A military informer was shot to death by suspected RKK terrorists as he was traveling to work on his motorcycle in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  6. Oct. 06 – A roadside bomb exploded next to an army convoy in Yala‘s Muang district. Three soldiers were hurt in the attack. [BP]
  7. Oct. 06 – Gunmen shot and killed a paramilitary soldier as he was traveling to his rubber plantation in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  8. Oct. 07 – Malay militants shot and killed two civilians as they were riding a motorcycle in Narathiwat‘s Rueso district. [BP]
  9. Oct. 09 – A vacated office of the fisheries department was set on fire by militants in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  10. Oct. 09 – A roadside bomb exploded as a paramilitary vehicle passed by in the Saiburi district of the Pattani province. Several soldiers were hurt in the blast. [BP & Nat]
  11. Oct. 09 – Terrorists bombed five automatic teller machines across the Muang district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  12. Oct. 09 – Militants bombed twelve automatic teller machines in a series of attacks in the Kapho, Khokpho, Muang and Yaring districts of the Pattani province. Three civilians were hurt in the blasts. [BP, MCOT & Nat]
  13. Oct. 09 – Two soldiers were killed and three colleagues were wounded when a paramilitary truck was targeted in a roadside bomb explosion in the Johirong district of the Narathiwat province. [BP, DPA, MCOT & Nat]
  14. Oct. 09 – Eleven automatic teller machines were bombed by militants in the Bannang Sata, Muang and Yaha districts of the Yala province. No one was hurt in the incidents. [BP, MCOT & Nat]
  15. Oct. 09 – Assailants threw a hand grenade a fishing boat in the Muang district of the Pattani province, causing only damage. [BP]
  16. Oct. 09 – A band of terrorists raided a school in Pattani‘s Saiburi district and set fire to three buildings in the compound. A teacher was killed and a soldier was injured in the ensuing gun battle between the attackers and paramilitary troops. [BP & Nat]
  17. Oct. 09 – Militants set fire to three automatic teller machines in the Nathawi, Sabayoi and Thepha districts of the Songkhla province. [BP, MCOT & Nat]
  18. Oct. 09 – A mobile phone tower was set on fire by militants in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [BP & MCOT]
  19. Oct. 10 – A roadside bomb went off as a paramilitary patrol passed by in Narathiwat‘s Rangae district, injuring two soldiers. [MCOT]
  20. Oct. 11 – A civilian was shot to death by militants as he was riding to work on his motorcycle in the Muang district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  21. Oct. 11 – A roadside bomb exploded as a paramilitary patrol passed by in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. Two soldiers sustained injuries in the blast. [BP]
  22. Oct. 14 – Militants set off a roadside bomb and subsequently fired at a passing police pickup truck in the Thanto district of the Yala province. No one was hurt in the attack. [BP]
  23. Oct. 14 – A village chief was shot and seriously injured by militants at his home in Narathiwat‘s Rangae district. [BP]
  24. Oct. 19 – Six soldiers were injured when an army patrol was targeted in a roadside bomb blast in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. A second bomb exploded at the scene as security personnel and onlookers gathered at the site, injuring two policemen and five local journalists. Two of the wounded soldiers later succumbed to their injuries. [AFP, BP, MCOT & Nat]
  25. Oct. 20 – Militants fired two grenades at a local government office in Pattani‘s Mayo district. No one was hurt in the incident. [BP & Nat]
  26. Oct. 21 – A local man was killed and a relative was injured when Malay militants shot them as they were talking to neighbors outside their home in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  27. Oct. 21 – Terrorists shot and killed a Malay separatist who had recently surrendered to the Thai authorities inside a mosque in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  28. Oct. 25 – Unknown militants sprayed gunfire at a clothes shop in the city of Pattani. Five people were wounded in the attack. [BP & MCOT]
  29. Oct. 26 – Two defense volunteers were wounded when their car was raked with gunfire by terrorists in the Bannang Sata district of the Yala province. [BP]
  30. Oct. 28 – Three explosives experts were killed and another one was wounded when a bomb went off as they were examining the site where another device had been found in the Bacho district of the Narathiwat province. [BP, MCOT & Nat]
  31. Oct. 29 – Militants shot and killed a local government employee as he was riding to work on his motorcycle in Pattani‘s Panare district. [BP]
  32. Oct. 30 – A farmer was shot to death by motorcycle-borne terrorists at his palm oil plantation in the Panare district of the Pattani province. A bystander was hurt in the shooting. [BP]
  33. Oct. 31 – A roadside bomb exploded as paramilitary troops passed by in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. A second bomb exploded as the soldiers were examining the site of the blast, injuring a bystander. [BP]
  34. Oct. 31 – Gunmen shot and wounded a civilian as he was riding on his motorcycle in Narathiwat‘s Rueso district. [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)