Two killed, four injured in Yala bomb attack

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Two killed, four injured in Yala bomb attack

By The Nation

 

 

Two shoppers were killed and four others injured when Muslim insurgents detonated a homemade bomb hidden inside a motorcycle at a fresh market in Yala's Mueang district Monday morning.

 

Police said the explosion occurred at 7 am in front of the a gold shop at the Pimolchai market on Kwang Chia Burana road.

 

The market was busy with shoppers at the time of the explosion.

 

Police said three shoppers were slightly injured and another was seriously wounded.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30336824

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-01-22

 

[webfact]

Bomb in market in Thailand's south kills three, wounds 18 - security official

 

Military personnel and police officers inspect the site of a bomb attack at a market in the southern province of Yala, Thailand, January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A motorcycle bomb exploded in a market in Thailand's southern Yala province on Monday, killing three people and wounding 18, a spokesman for the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) said.

 

The mostly Muslim provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala in Thailand's far south are home to a long-running insurgency by ethnic Malay Muslims fighting for autonomy in which more than 6,000 people have been killed since 2004.

 

"The criminals put a bomb in a motorcycle and placed it next to a market cart. The force of the explosion caused three people to lose their lives," said ISOC spokesman Pramote Prom-in. The ISOC is a government security force that operates in the region.

 

No group claimed immediate responsibility for the attack on Monday, which took place at a roadside morning market.

 

The region has seen hundreds of attacks since 2004, many of them deadly, but there had been fewer violent incidents of late.

 

Analysts who monitor the conflict say violence from the insurgency fell to an historic low in 2017 despite the fact that talks aimed at bringing peace gained little traction.

 

Thailand's military government has tried to revive talks with rebel groups initiated by the previous civilian government, but they have gone almost nowhere.

 

Resistance to Buddhist rule from Bangkok has existed for decades in the predominantly Muslim southern provinces, waning briefly in the 1990s before resurfacing violently in 2004.

 

(Reporting by Surapan Boonthanom and Panarat Thepgumpanat Writing by Amy Sawitta Lefevre; Editing by Paul Tait)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-01-22

[NCC1701A]

"predominantly Muslim southern provinces"

Edited January 22, 2018 by NCC1701A

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Bomb explosion kills three, injures at least 18 in Yala market

By Thai PBS

 

 

A powerful home-made bomb exploded at a fresh market in Yala town early Monday morning, killing three people and injuring at least 18 others.

 

The bomb attack happened at Phimolchai market in the Yala municipal area on Soi 3 while the market was busy with morning shoppers.

 

All were later admitted to Yala Regional Hospital. Spokesman of the Forward Command of the Internal Security Operations Command 4 Col Promote Phrom-in said security forces and EOD police sealed off the roads to the market area shortly after the deadly explosion.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/bomb-explosion-kills-three-injures-least-18-yala-market/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-01-22

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Three killed, 23 injured in Yala bomb attack

By The Nation

 

 

Three shoppers were killed and 23 others injured when Muslim insurgents detonated a homemade bomb hidden inside a motorcycle at a fresh food market in Yala's Mueang district on Monday morning.

 

Police said the explosion occurred at 6am in front of a pork seller’s stall at Pimolchai market on Kwang Chia Burana Road.

 

 

The market was busy with shoppers at the time of the explosion.

 

The blast caused goods to be scattered around and great alarm - when police arrived at the scene, panicked shoppers were crying in fear.

 

 

Police said two shoppers were killed at the scene and another died at a hospital whlie 23 others were injured.

 

Police believe the bomb was detonated with a timing device.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30336824

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-01-22

 

[Curmudgeon1]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Bomb explosion kills three, injures at least 18 in Yala market

By Thai PBS

 

 

A powerful home-made bomb exploded at a fresh market in Yala town early Monday morning, killing three people and injuring at least 18 others.

 

The bomb attack happened at Phimolchai market in the Yala municipal area on Soi 3 while the market was busy with morning shoppers.

 

All were later admitted to Yala Regional Hospital. Spokesman of the Forward Command of the Internal Security Operations Command 4 Col Promote Phrom-in said security forces and EOD police sealed off the roads to the market area shortly after the deadly explosion.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/bomb-explosion-kills-three-injures-least-18-yala-market/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-01-22

The religion of peace is exercising their beliefs. 

[johnarth]

5 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

"predominantly Muslim southern provinces"

with the rest of Thailand catching up quickly (much more worrying than the Junca)

[capasso]

6 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

"predominantly Muslim southern provinces"

exactly,be carrefull

 

[thaiguzzi]

According to the Junta; everything is under control in the Deep South.

Nothing to see here, move along now....

[Srikcir]

10 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

"predominantly Muslim southern provinces"

 

11 hours ago, webfact said:

Resistance to Buddhist rule from Bangkok

 

11 hours ago, webfact said:

ethnic Malay Muslims fighting for autonomy

Fairly well sums up the three articles.

11 hours ago, webfact said:

The criminals

The Thai military does not recognize the insurgency as an issue of separate sovereignty but only as criminal organizations engaged in breach of (Buddhist) Thai laws solely for the sake of violence. 

11 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand's military government has tried to revive talks with rebel groups initiated by the previous civilian government

That would have been the historic first peace talks with the Yingluck regime regarding semi-autonomy that was hijacked by the military and the Democrats/PDRC government slowdown.

 

11 hours ago, webfact said:

they have gone almost nowhere

Almost it seems by deliberate intent by the military who only sees the solution as an economic one and not one of autonomous/semi-autonomous sovereignty - the recognition and respect for Muslim tradition, culture and heritage.

[AGLV0121]

 

Muslim or not, anyone who detonates a bomb among civilians or shoots magazines in a crowd is a coward.

 

Plus it doesn't even serve their 'political' interests! Losers

Edited January 22, 2018 by AGLV0121

[Tradewind777]

No mention I can see if this in the Western press. Strange!

maybe the world is growing bored with Islamic extremist “activities”

[Srikcir]

9 minutes ago, Tradewind777 said:

No mention I can see if this in the Western press. Strange!

maybe the world is growing bored with Islamic extremist “activities”

Or just growing bored with the Thai military's consistent decades of failure in achieving a peaceful resolution in the conflict?

[kingkenny]

I thought it had gone quiet down there recently but put the quietness down to news not being broadcast at the orders of the current Junta.  I guess it had just been quiet for a while