Suspect arrested over Yala bomb attacks

By The Nation

 

Troops have detained a suspect over the Yala bomb attacks that killed two bomb disposal officers and injured many others on Thursday, the spokesman of the southern office of the Internal Security Operations Command said.

 

Colonel Pramote Prom-in, spokesman for ISOC Area 4, said officials have detained a suspect at the 47th Ranger Regiment for questioning.

 

Two officers were killed and several injured in the double bomb attacks in Yala’s Yaha district on Thursday.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30326873

 

 

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Sadly, Prayut's failure to address the historical root cause of the Southern conflict has contributed to sustained threats against the nation's security:

• Prayut: Peace in South by 2015, 2014-09-29 http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-prayut-peace-in-south-by-2015-48923.php

• Govt rejects BRN talks demands, 2017-04-12 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30312077
• Peace remains elusive in deep South amid local bickering and mistrust, 2017-05-23 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30315994

The military's seemingly strategy of outliving insurgents as a solution to the conflict has done little for survival of the troops.