Three Dead after Attacks, Bombings Rock Thailand’s South

Bangkok, 03 Safar 1438/03 November 2016 (MINA) – A series of attacks and bombings have rocked Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south overnight, leaving a soldier and two civilians dead and three other people injured, Anadolu reported.

Pattani province’s main radio station reported Thursday that 10 violent incidents — including drive-by shootings, bombings, destruction of utility poles and burning of tires — took place in seven districts in Thailand’s three southernmost majority Muslim provinces and nearby Songkhla.

In one attack, men riding a motorcycle shot at a military checkpoint in Muang district, killing one soldier.

In Thepa district of Songkhla, a bomb was thrown in front of a branch of the Government Savings Bank, injuring three civilians.

In neighboring Jana district, a group of men shot at security guards working in a car sales office, killing two of them.

Violence in the region has been intensifying since late last month.

On Oct. 24, a bomb exploded near a noodle shop in Pattani, killing a 60-year-old woman and injuring 21 other people.

On Oct. 28, two men riding a motorcycle shot at a car in front of an education office in Mayo district of Pattani, killing a 49-year-old female teacher who was driving the vehicle and injuring a passenger, a female civil servant.

The two attackers, who were captured on security cameras, left a note near the car, with the words “for you who killed Malayu people” — using a local term that refers to ethnic Malay Muslims. (T/R07/R01)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)