Militant Incidents in Thailand (October 2015)

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

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

15 fatalities

34 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

c

Total Incidents

Pattani Malay Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by province

  • Narathiwat (11 incidents)
  • Yala (10 incidents)
  • Pattani (8 incidents)

Overview of incidents

  1. Oct. 03 – An intelligence agent and his friend were killed when terrorists raked their pickup truck with gunfire in the Raman district of the Yala province. [BP]
  2. Oct. 03 – A trader was shot to death by unidentified assailants at his shop in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [Nat]
  3. Oct. 05 – Unknown gunmen shot and killed a civilian who was riding a motorcycle in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. [Nat]
  4. Oct. 06 – A deputy village chief was killed and his wife was seriously wounded when militants shot them while riding a motorcycle in the Nongchik district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  5. Oct. 06 – A worker was shot dead by militants at a rubber plantation in the Yaha district of the Yala province. The victim had once supported Pattani separatism, but had since renounced his views. [BP]
  6. Oct. 08 – A gunmen shot and killed a paramilitary soldier as he was riding his motorcycle in the Saiburi district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  7. Oct. 08 – A Buddhist pork vendor and his wife were killed when terrorists raked their pickup truck with gunfire in Pattani‘s Nongchik district. [BP & Nat]
  8. Oct. 08 – Two soldiers sustained injuries when an army armored vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb blast in the Johirong district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  9. Oct. 10 – Four civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded as a police vehicle passed by in Narathiwat‘s Rangae district. [BP]
  10. Oct. 12 – A roadside bomb went off as a group of soldiers rode by on motorcycles in the Bacho district of the Narathiwat province. No one was hurt in the attack. [BP & Nat]
  11. Oct. 12 – A bomb exploded outside a tea shop in the Yingo district of the Narathiwat province. Three more bombs went off as police examined the scene of the first blast. Four police officers were injured in the blasts. [BP & Nat]
  12. Oct. 12 – A roadside bomb exploded as defense volunteers walked by in Narathiwat‘s Sungai Padi district. Nobody was hurt in the blast. [BP]
  13. Oct. 14 – Gunmen shot and killed a rubber tapper as he was traveling home from work on his motorcycle in the Namom district of the Songkhla province. [BP]
  14. Oct. 17 – Four civilians were shot and wounded by gunmen outside a house in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  15. Oct. 18 – Motorcycle-borne gunmen shot and injured a worker at a road construction site in the Mayo district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  16. Oct. 19 – A roadside bomb exploded as a military armored vehicle passed by in Pattani‘s Saiburi district. Two paramilitary soldiers were killed and five colleagues were wounded in the attack. [AFP, BP, Nat & Reut]
  17. Oct. 20 – A defense volunteer was killed when a bomb attached to his pickup truck exploded in the Takbai district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  18. Oct. 20 – Militants detonated six bombs on streets across the Khokpho district of the Pattani province. Six civilians were wounded in the blasts. [BP & Nat]
  19. Oct. 20 – Two small bombs exploded in the Khokpho district of the Pattani province. No casualties were reported in the blasts. [Nat]
  20. Oct. 23 – Unknown gunmen shot and injured a village chief was he was riding home on his motorcycle in Narathiwat‘s Yingo district. [Nat]
  21. Oct. 24 – The mother of a local government official was shot to death by militants at her house in the Bacho district of the Narathiwat province. [BP & Nat]
  22. Oct. 25 – A defense volunteer was shot and injured by gunmen as he left his house in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  23. Oct. 27 – A security guard was shot to death by militants as he was traveling to work in the Yala province. The victim was assigned to protect a courthouse. [Nat]
  24. Oct. 29 – Militants bombed and destroyed electricity pylons in the Yaha district of the Yala province. The attacks disrupted local energy supplies. [BP]
  25. Oct. 29 – Electricity poles were bombed by a group of militants in the Raman district of the Yala province. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [BP]
  26. Oct. 29 – Three electricity pylons were damaged in bomb blasts in the Muang district of the Yala province. No one was hurt in the blasts. [BP & Nat]
  27. Oct. 29 – Electricity pylons were bombed by a band of militants in Yala‘s Thanto district. No further information was available. [BP]
  28. Oct. 29 – A group of militants bombed and damaged several electricity poles in the Bannang Sata district of the Yala province. [BP]
  29. Oct. 30 – Two paramilitary soldiers were injured when their patrol was hit in a roadside bomb blast in Yala‘s Thanto district. [BP & Nat]
  30. Oct. 30 – A roadside bomb exploded as a police armored vehicle passed by in the Muang district of the Yala province. Three policemen were wounded in the blast. [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)