Militant Incidents in Thailand (December 2014)

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

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

6 fatalities

8 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

c

Total Incidents

Pattani Malay Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by province

  • Pattani (4 incidents)
  • Narathiwat (4 incidents)
  • Yala (3 incidents)

Overview of incidents

  1. Dec. 03 – Gunmen opened fire at two defense volunteers as they were traveling home on a motorcycle in the Muang district of the Yala province. One volunteer was killed and his colleague was wounded in the attack. [Nat]
  2. Dec. 04 – Militants shot and killed a woman as she was traveling to a market on her motorcycle in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  3. Dec. 04 – A retired deputy village chief was shot to death by terrorists as he was riding home on his motorcycle in Pattani‘s Thungyang Daeng district. [BP & Nat]
  4. Dec. 04 – Two policemen were wounded in a gun battle as security forces besieged a house in which terrorists had barricaded themselves in the Sabayoi district of the Songkhla province. [BP]
  5. Dec. 05 – A bomb exploded at a school in the Nongchik district of the Pattani province. No one was hurt in the blast. [BP]
  6. Dec. 05 – A civilian was shot to death by militants as he was traveling home on his motorcycle in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  7. Dec. 06 – Gunmen shot and wounded two defense volunteers at a booth in Yala‘s Bannang Sata district. [BP]
  8. Dec. 09 – A former local council member was shot dead by militants as he was riding his motorcycle in the Mayo district of the Pattani province. [BP & Nat]
  9. Dec. 10 – Three soldiers sustained injuries when a military patrol was struck in a roadside bomb explosion in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  10. Dec. 10 – A defense volunteer was shot to death by terrorists outside a shop in the Sadao district of the Songkhla province. [BP]
  11. Dec. 11 – Gunmen fired shots at a grocery store in the Muang district of the Yala province. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [Nat]
  12. Dec. 15 – Militants hurled two hand grenades at a police station in Narathiwat‘s Bacho district, causing only damage. [BP & Nat]
  13. Dec. 31 – Cadres of the RKK opened fire at Thai troops conducting an operation against their camp in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province, sparking a gun battle in which one of the militants was eliminated. [BP & 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)