Roadside bomb kills four in Thailand's troubled south - security official

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A roadside bomb planted by suspected Muslim insurgents killed four army rangers and wounded six, including a civilian, in southern Thailand on Friday, a security official said.

 

A decades old-separatist insurgency in predominantly Buddhist Thailand's largely Muslim provinces of Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat has killed more than 6,500 people since 2004.

 

The bomb was planted under a road that was being built in Pattani, the security official said.

 

"The group that planted the bomb is using old techniques in order to create instability in the region. They planted the bomb under a road currently under construction," said Pramote Prom-in, a spokesman for security forces in the region.

 

Friday's blast followed roadside bombs last week that killed two soldiers and wounded more than 20 people in Yala.

 

There was no claim of responsibility for the blast, which is usually the case in Thailand's deep south, where insurgents are fighting for secession.

 

Thailand's three southernmost provinces were part of an independent Malay Muslim sultanate until they were annexed in 1909.

 

(Reporting by Suphanida Thakral, Surapan Boonthanom, and Panarat Thepgumpanat; Writing by Suphanida Thakral; Editing by Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Paul Tait)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-09-22

Four rangers killed in bomb attack in Pattani

By Thai PBS

 

 

Four rangers were killed and six others injured when southern militants detonated a powerful home-made bomb while they were on a patrol on Highway 41 in Sai Buri district of Pattani early on Friday (Sept 22).

 

Spokesman for the forward command of the Fourth Region Internal Security Operation Command (Isoc) Col Pramote Phrom-in said the bomb attack happened at 6.15am today on Highway 41 when a group of nine rangers from Ranger Task Force 44  was travelling in a pickup truck on a routine patrol at Ban Jorkuayae village in Tambon Sa-ing of Sai Buri district.

 

As they arrived at a road diversion where construction workers were repairing the road, a powerful bomb, which was believed to be hidden in a drainage pipe under the road, was detonated, killing instantly all four rangers sitting at the rear of the pickup.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/four-rangers-killed-bomb-attack-pattani/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-09-22

Yet STILL the military does not provide armoured vehicles as troop transports.

 

The useless blimp could have bought at least 100 armoured vehicles.

 

I did a very simple Google search and came up with Wikipedia which has 72 pages of wheeled APCs and there are some strange looking ones there and some brilliant ones as well.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wheeled_armoured_personnel_carriers

 

Drop just one submarine and the government could but hundreds of APCs. The Chinese, Russians, even the UK, EU and USA would only be too happy to sell to Thailand.

 

If that were to happen many Thai soldiers and their families would sleep happily.

Six rangers killed, another, one civilian injured in Pattani bomb attack

 

 

Violence continued in the southern province of Pattani on Friday, the holy day observed by Muslims, when insurgents detonated a roadside bomb to ambush a patrol unit of rangers in Sai Buri district, killing six and injuring another ranger and a civilian.

The attack occurred on highway No 42 ion Ban Tabing road in Tambon Tabing at 6.40am. The rangers were patrolling in their pickup truck.

 

Four rangers were killed at the scene and two more later died in hospital.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30327375

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-09-22

Muslims - say no more.

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Muslims - say no more.

exactly the junta is trying to bury their head in the sand with these murders, it is a problem they do not want to deal with, but these guys are not going to go away they will build bigger and more bombs

3 hours ago, billd766 said:

Yet STILL the military does not provide armoured vehicles as troop transports.

Looks like 34 Chinese armored troop carriers will start delivery 2017 through 2020.

https://thaimilitaryandasianregion.wordpress.com/2017/06/14/thailand-approves-bt2-3-bn-armoured-carriers-deal-with-china/

Whether any of the carriers will be used in the South is another matter.

 

Bombs in London or New York ...... World headlines .

Bombs in Thailand's deep South..... Local Press .