Militant Incidents in Thailand (Jan.-Mar. 2019)

by | Apr 20, 2019 | Incident Reports, Thailand Coverage

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

20 fatalities

35 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

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Total Incidents

Pattani Malay Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by province

  • Narathiwat (17 incidents)
  • Pattani (9 incidents)
  • Yala (5 incidents)

Overview of incidents

  1. Jan. 07 – Terrorists hanged a retired teacher inside his home in the Sabayoi district of the Songkhla province. The assailants subsequently stole his pickup truck to convert it into a car bomb. [BP & Nat]
  2. Jan. 08 – A paramilitary soldier and a child were wounded when a bomb exploded outside a school in the Yarang district of the Pattani province. [BP & Nat]
  3. Jan. 08 – Terrorists detonated an explosives-rigged pickup truck as a police vehicle passed by in the Thepa district of the Songkhla province. Two policemen were wounded in the blast. [BP & Nat]
  4. Jan. 10 – Four defense volunteers were shot dead by motorcycle-borne terrorists as they were guarding a school in the Yaring district of the Pattani province. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
  5. Jan. 12 – Two militants repeatedly fired at security forces who besieged the house in which they had barricaded themselves in Pattani‘s Yaring district, injuring a paramilitary soldier and a young child. The terrorists were eventually eliminated. [BP]
  6. Jan. 13 – Motorcycle-borne gunmen shot and killed an officer outside a police station in the Khokpho district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  7. Jan. 13 – An election candidate for the military-aligned conservative PPP party and his wife were shot to death by terrorists at their residence in the Kabang district of the Yala province. [BP & Nat]
  8. Jan. 18 – Two roadside bombs exploded as a paramilitary patrol passed by in the Sungai Padi district of the Narathiwat province. A policeman and four soldiers were wounded in the attack. [BP & Nat]
  9. Jan. 18 – An abbot and his assistant were shot to death by approximately ten terrorists at a Buddhist temple in the Sungai Padi district of the Narathiwat province. Two other monks were wounded in the shooting. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
  10. Jan. 19 – Two officers sustained injuries when a roadside bomb went off as a police patrol passed by in the Nongchik district of the Pattani province. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
  11. Jan. 25 – A roadside bomb went off as a convoy of teachers under police escort passed by in the Krong Pinang district of the Yala province, injuring three officers and three civilians. [BP & Nat]
  12. Jan. 26 – A roadside bomb exploded as a paramilitary pickup truck passed by in the Johirong district of the Narathiwat province. Nobody was hurt in the blast. [BP]
  13. Jan. 26 – Terrorists detonated a roadside bomb as Thai soldiers passed by on their motorcycles in Narathiwat‘s Takbai district. No one was hurt in the incident. [BP]
  14. Jan. 28 – Several gunmen shot and killed a police officer at a school in the Thanto district of the Yala province. [BP]
  15. Feb. 04 – Militants opened fire at a policeman as he rode by on his motorcycle in Narathiwat‘s Sungai Kolok district, injuring the officer. A bystander was killed in the attack. [BP & Nat]
  16. Feb. 05 – An official of the local security department was shot and injured by gunmen as he was riding on his motorcycle in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province. [Nat]
  17. Feb. 10 – A bomb exploded in front of a school in the Yaring district of the Pattani province. Another bomb went off as security personnel and officials were inspected the scene. A local government official and another person were hurt in the blast. [Nat]
  18. Feb. 10 – A civilian was shot dead by militants as he was riding on his motorcycle in the Nongchik district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  19. Feb. 10 – Gunmen shot and killed a civilian after he had left his home on his motorcycle in the Saiburi district of the Pattani province. [BP]
  20. Feb. 14 – A roadside bomb exploded as a paramilitary patrol passed by in Narathiwat‘s Rangae district. No one was hurt in the blast. [Nat]
  21. Feb. 17 – A paramilitary soldier was shot to death by unidentified gunmen at his home in the Muang district of the Songkhla province. [Nat]
  22. Feb. 19 – Motorcycle-borne militants shot and killed a civilian as he was driving in his car in the Raman district of the Yala province. [BP]
  23. Feb. 20 – Terrorists sprayed gunfire at a Buddhist temple in the Panare district of the Pattani province. Nobody was hurt in the shooting. [Nat]
  24. Feb. 26 – A roadside bomb exploded as paramilitary troops passed by in Yala‘s Bannang Sata district, killing a soldier and injuring a colleague. A bystander was also hurt in the blast. [BP & Nat]
  25. Feb. 26 – Terrorists abducted two policemen from a tea shop in the Johirong district of the Narathiwat province. Both officers were later found shot to death. [BP & Nat]
  26. Feb. 28 – Gunmen shot and killed an off-duty soldier as has returning to base on his motorcycle in the Bacho district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  27. Mar. 02 – A group of terrorists battled Thai troops during a shootout in Narathiwat‘s Rueso district. One of the militants was eliminated in the clash. [BP & Nat]
  28. Mar. 03 – Militants clashed with paramilitary forces during a gun battle in the Chanae district of the Narathiwat province. Nobody was hurt in the encounter. [BP & Nat]
  29. Mar. 09 – Four bombs exploded at a police station and a grocery shop in the town of Satun. No casualties were reported in the incident. [BP & TPBS]
  30. Mar. 10 – Bombs exploded at a three grocery stores, a kindergarten, a bicycle shop and along a busy road across the Pakphayun district of the Phattalung province. No one was hurt in the blasts. [BP & TPBS]
  31. Mar. 11 – A roadside bomb exploded as a paramilitary foot patrol passed by in the Johirong district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  32. Mar. 13 – A group of terrorists opened fire at a border police post in Narathiwat‘s Takbai district, before detonating several bombs at the site. Two policemen and a civilian were wounded in the incident. [BP, Nat & TPBS]
  33. Mar. 13 – Two assailants hurled a bomb at a police residential building in the Yingo district of the Narathiwat province. [BP]
  34. Mar. 14 – A woman was killed when a roadside bomb exploded as a paramilitary pickup truck passed by in Narathiwat‘s Bacho district. [BP & Nat]
  35. Mar. 15 – Unidentified gunmen fired at a passenger train as it was traveling through the Rueso district of the Narathiwat province. No one was hurt in the incident. [BP]
  36. Mar. 19 – A former police investigator was shot dead outside his home in Songkhla‘s Muang district. The victim had earlier accused colleagues of corruption. [BP]
  37. Mar. 26 – The parked car of a political activist was damaged in an arson attack by unknown attackers in the Bangkapi suburb of Bangkok. The targeted activist advocated for the disbandment of the Thai election commission. [BP & TPBS]
  38. Mar. 30 – A rubber trader and his companion were killed when militants raked their pickup truck with gunfire in the Sabayoi district of the Songkhla province. [BP]
  39. Mar. 30 – Terrorists bombed and shot up a military vehicle in the Sungai Padi district of the Narathiwat province, injuring a soldier. [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)