Bombings in Yala

[hhfarang]

As if the floods weren't bad enough...

Ten bombs shatter Yala, killing two

Bangkok Post
Published: 26/10/2011 at 12:00 AM

More than 10 bombs rocked the heart of Yala town yesterday evening, killing at least two people and wounding more than 40 others.

The bombs started exploding one after another in different locations at 6.50pm.

The blasts prompted officials to cut phone signals to all cellphone systems.

The first bomb went off on Sri Putra Road near an old market, killing two people.

* Narathiwat carnage suspects in custody

Shortly after, a second explosion near the Park View Hotel on Ruammit Road, left scores injured. The third bomb went off near Yala Ram Hotel, followed by a fourth near the Rama Cafe restaurant. A fifth device later exploded near the Saeb Isarn food shop, a sixth at a fruit stall at the Muang Mai market, a seventh at an Esso petrol station, an eighth in front of an education office, a ninth at stationery shop, the 10th behind a municipality school and the 11th on Tha Sap road. About 10 bombs had been found and defused, police said.

The bomb blasts caused a widespread blackout in Yala Muang municipality.

A source said several suspicious objects had also been placed in other locations.

Police believe the attack was the work of insurgents looking to mark the seventh anniversary of the Tak Bai tragedy on Oct 25, 2004, which resulted in 85 deaths.

The infamous Tak Bai tragedy took place when seven Muslim men were killed during attempts to disperse a protest in Tak Bai district and 78 more men died of suffocation after they were forced to lie face down on top of one another aboard military trucks as they were transported from the protest site to a military unit in Pattani.

Earlier in the day, a soldier was wounded when his patrol was ambushed in Pattani's Sai Buri district.

An unknown number of assailants hiding on Narathiwat-Pattani Road in Sai Buri district fired on the patrol at around 7am.

Sgt Maj Kriangkrai Ruamthong was slightly wounded above his left eyebrow.

[buksida]

Very disturbing - violence in the south is likely to escalate dramatically now that Thaksin is back in control.

[hhfarang]

Militants die transporting bomb during Yala attacks

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/2 ... la-attacks

[hhfarang]

Things seem to be escalating down south. This is two multiple (20 bombs, 10 at each location) bombings in two different locations within the last four days.

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/nationa ... 68860.html

[Spitfire]

It is indeed a potent mix down there, Muslims (as usual) being incapable of living in peace and the lack of latitude from the Thai authorities on pretty much everything. Guess they got the border line a little wrong all those years ago (1909 Anglo-Siamese Treaty)...but equally many Thais believe that if they love Islam and Malaysia so much then they should just sod off over the southern border instead of making problems in Thailand.

It's hard to see a solution to this......well......one that can have a realistic chance of coming into being.

[hhfarang]

Six killed, two injured in Narathiwat explosions
November 2, 2011 10:35 am
Six civilians were killed and another was injured when insurgents detonated a homemade bomb to ambush their pick-up truck Wednesday afternoon.

Another ranger was also injured when he stepped on a bomb trap after his unit rushed to scene.

Police said the seven civilians were travelling on their pick-up truck on the Joh I Rong-Bango Kubo Road in Rangae district when insurgents used a wired remote to detonate the roadside bomb.

The seven were returning home after they have hunted and shot two wild pigs.

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