Militant Incidents in Thailand (Oct.-Dec.-2018)

by | Apr 1, 2019 | Incident Reports, Thailand Coverage

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

16 fatalities

25 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

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Total Incidents

Pattani Malay Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by province

  • Narathiwat (19 incidents)
  • Pattani (9 incidents)
  • Yala (8 incidents)

Overview of incidents

  1. Oct. 01 – Gunmen opened fire at a school principal as he was driving to work in the Panare district of the Pattani province. No one was hurt in the incident. [Nat]
  2. Oct. 04 – A marble merchant and her son were shot to death by militants at their shop in Pattani‘s Thungyang Daeng district. [BP]
  3. Oct. 06 – A health worker was shot dead by terrorists as he was driving his car in the Thungyang Daeng district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  4. Oct. 11 – Militants fought with border police forces during a gun battle in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. Three policemen were injured in the clash. [Nat]
  5. Oct. 19 – Attackers sprayed gunfire and hurled firebombs at the home of a policeman in the Nongchik district of the Pattani province. No one was hurt in the incident. [Nat]
  6. Oct. 23 – A bomb exploded outside tire shop in the town center of Yala, causing considerable damage. [BP & Nat]
  7. Oct. 28 – A couple was wounded when militants raked their pickup truck with gunfire in Songkhla‘s Thepa district. [BP]
  8. Nov. 02 – A paramilitary soldier was killed and a colleague was seriously injured when militants shot them at a market in the Yaring district of the Pattani province. [BP & Nat]
  9. Nov. 14 – Malay militants opened fire at a army checkpoint outside a Buddhist temple in the Bacho district of the Narathiwat province. No one was hurt in the attack. [Nat]
  10. Nov. 17 – Gunmen opened fire at a paramilitary base in the Nongchik district of the Pattani province. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [BP]
  11. Nov. 18 – Militants shot and killed a civilian at a tea shop in the Bannang Sata district of the Yala province. [BP]
  12. Nov. 22 – Two defense volunteers were shot and killed by terrorists at a market in the Kapho district of the Pattani province. [Nat]
  13. Nov. 22 – A bomb exploded as paramilitary soldiers were removing banners along a road in the Waeng district of the Narathiwat province. No one was hurt in the blast. [Nat]
  14. Nov. 25 – A local government official and two defense volunteers were shot to death by terrorists at a market in the Thepa district of the Songkhla province. [BP & Nat]
  15. Nov. 25 – Gunmen opened fire at paramilitary soldiers guarding a school in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [Nat]
  16. Nov. 26 – A roadside bomb exploded as a paramilitary unit passed by in the Yaha district of the Yala province, injuring a soldier. [Nat]
  17. Nov. 26 – Two militants opened fire at a security checkpoint in Songkhla‘s Thepa district, wounding two defense volunteers. [Nat]
  18. Nov. 29 – Unidentified assailants shot and killed a woman outside her home in Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. [Nat]
  19. Nov. 30 – A gunman shot and killed a village chief as he was riding on his motorcycle in the Bannang Sata district of the Yala province. [BP]
  20. Dec. 12 – A band of militants clashed with paramilitary forces during a gun battle in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. There were no reports of casualties. [Nat]
  21. Dec. 20 – Gunmen opened fire at a police station in the Muang district of the Yala province. No one was hurt in the incident. [Nat]
  22. Dec. 20 – An army post came under fire from a group of militants in the Yaha district of the Yala province. Nobody was injured in the attack. [Nat]
  23. Dec. 20 – A band of terrorists opened fire at a defense volunteers post in Yala‘s Bannang Sata district. No casualties were reported in the incident. [Nat]
  24. Dec. 24 – Four officers sustained injuries when a roadside bomb exploded as a convoy of teachers under police escort passed by in Yala‘s Yaha district. [Ber]
  25. Dec. 24 – A roadside bomb went off as a police vehicle passed by in Narathiwat‘s Bacho district, killing one officer and injuring five colleagues. [BP & Nat]
  26. Dec. 25 – Terrorists shot and killed an imam outside a mosque in the Muang district of the Pattani province. [Nat]
  27. Dec. 26 – Bombs exploded at two sculptures in the Muang district of the Songkhla province, causing only damage. [BP]
  28. Dec. 27 – Gunmen shot and killed a local leader of the NA party in the Mukdahan province. The victim was investigating corruption. [BP]
  29. Dec. 27 – Two electricity poles were destroyed in bomb blasts in the Khuan Niang district of the Songkhla province. [BP]
  30. Dec. 28 – A band of gunmen attacked a defense volunteers post in Narathiwat‘s Rangae district. No one was hurt in the incident. [BP]
  31. Dec. 28 – Bombs exploded next to three electricity poles and a bridge in the Chanae district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  32. Dec. 28 – Four civilians were wounded when a bomb exploded as they rode by on their motorcycles in the Sisakhon district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  33. Dec. 28 – An electricity pole was damaged in a bomb explosion in the Sisakhon district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  34. Dec. 28 – Attackers bombed and damaged an electricity pylon in the Takbai district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  35. Dec. 29 – Militants opened fire at a paramilitary pickup truck in Narathiwat‘s Sisakhon district. Three soldiers were injured in the incident. [BP]
  36. Dec. 29 – Terrorists bombed a mobile phone tower in the Johirong district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  37. Dec. 29 – Two electricity pylons were hit by bomb explosions in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  38. Dec. 29 – A bomb exploded next to a mobile phone tower in the Sisakhon district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  39. Dec. 29 – Militants set off a bomb along a railroad track in the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province, causing limited damage. [BP]
  40. Dec. 29 – A local government employee was shot to death by gunmen outside his home in the Mayo district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  41. Dec. 29 – A bomb exploded on a railroad bridge in Narathiwat‘s Johirong district, causing only minor damage. [BP]
  42. Dec. 30 – Two electricity poles were damaged in bomb blasts in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat 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)