Militant Incidents in Thailand (August 2015)

by | May 11, 2017 | Incident Reports, Thailand Coverage

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

31 fatalities

136 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

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Total Incidents

Pattani Malay Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by province

  • Pattani (8 incidents)
  • Narathiwat (7 incidents)
  • Yala (3 incidents)

Overview of incidents

  1. Aug. 02 – A defense volunteer and his brother were shot to death by several militants in the Nongchik district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  2. Aug. 03 – A gunman opened fire at two policemen inside a tea shop in Narathiwat‘s Rueso district. Both officers escaped injury in the incident. [BP]
  3. Aug. 04 – Terrorists fired at a deputy village chief at a tea stall in the Chanae district of the Narathiwat province, killing him and seriously injuring a defense volunteer. [BP & Nat]
  4. Aug. 05 – A civilian was injured in a drive-by shooting attack by militants on a street in the Mayo district of the Pattani province. [Nat]
  5. Aug. 05 – Gunmen fired shots at a retired medical worker as he was riding his motorcycle in Narathiwat‘s Rueso district. The man escaped unharmed. [BP]
  6. Aug. 06 – A soldier was killed and three colleagues were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded as an army vehicle passed by in the Bacho district of the Narathiwat province. The incident was attributed to the RKK. [BP & Nat]
  7. Aug. 09 – The son of a teacher who cooperated with the police was shot to death by terrorists as he slept at home in the Yaha district of the Yala province. [BP]
  8. Aug. 10 – A civilian was killed and two others were injured when militants fired at members of a hunting party as they were traveling home on their motorcycles in the Sisakhon district of the Narathiwat province. One of the assailants was shot dead by the hunters. [BP]
  9. Aug. 11 – A former local government official was shot dead by gunmen as he was riding his motorcycle in Pattani‘s Saiburi district. [BP]
  10. Aug. 13 – Terrorists shot and killed a paramilitary soldier as he was greeting guests at his wedding party in the Muang district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  11. Aug. 16 – Assailants hurled a hand grenade at a prison in the Kabinburi district of the Prachinburi province, causing only damage. [Nat]
  12. Aug. 16 – A civilian was shot to death by gunmen as he arrived home from work in the Mayo district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  13. Aug. 17 – Gunmen shot and killed a consultant involved in an army-sponsored road construction project as he was traveling to work on his motorcycle in Pattani‘s Nongchik district. [BP & Nat]
  14. Aug. 17 – A bomb exploded at a crowded Hindu religious shrine in the Pathumwan suburb of Bangkok. Twenty people, including six Chinese nationals, five Malaysians, a British citizen, an Indonesian and a Singaporean woman, were killed in the attack. At least 123 other persons sustained injuries in the blast. The wounded included 22 Chinese nationals, six Taiwanese citizens, three Malaysians, three Singaporeans, an Indonesian, a Japanese visitor, a woman from the Philippines and a Qatari national. [AFP, AP, BBC, BP, Nat & Reut]
  15. Aug. 18 – Assailants hurled a bomb at a busy pier on a river in the city of Bangkok. No one was hurt in the incident. [AFP & Reut]
  16. Aug. 21 – Unidentified militants bombed and damaged four electricity pylons in the Takbai district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  17. Aug. 21 – Six electricity poles were damaged in bomb blasts in the Sungai Kolok district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  18. Aug. 23 – A local government official and his assistant were wounded when terrorists raked their jeep with gunfire in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  19. Aug. 23 – Unknown gunmen fired into a tea shop in the Raman district of the Yala province, wounding three civilians. [BP]
  20. Aug. 24 – A fruit trader was shot to death by unknown attackers as he was traveling home from work in the Muang district of the Yala province. [BP & Nat]
  21. Aug. 31 – Gunmen shot and seriously wounded a village chief as he was riding on his motorcycle in the Thungyang Daeng district of the Pattani province. [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)