15 dead, 5 injured in Yala shootout

[webfact]

15 dead, 5 injured in Yala shootout

By THE NATION

 

 

Police and rescue workers were called to investigate a shootout at the security checkpoint in the Lamphaya area of Yala’s Muang district at 11.20 Tuesday night (Nov. 5). Witnesses reported that at least 10 gunmen used firearms to attack the checkpoint, which was manned by staff of the village headsman’s office and villager volunteers.

 

Police found 11 bodies in the vicinity of the checkpoint. Guns from the armory were reported missing along with the standard-issue pistols used by deceased security checkpoint staff. Police speculated that gunmens’ motive was to steal firearms. They also found burning tyres on the road, presumably put there by the gunmen to deter pursuit.

 

 

In addition to the 11 victims found dead at the scene, 4 who were critically wound and rushed to Yala hospital later died. Five individuals sustained non-critical juries.

 

Police and medical examiners are gathering evidence to identify the 15 deceased, which from preliminary reports, comprise 11 men and 4 women, most of them villager volunteers.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30378100

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-11-06

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[cornishcarlos]

2 minutes ago, webfact said:

Guns from the armory were reported missing

 

2 minutes ago, webfact said:

Police speculated that gunmens’ motive was to steal firearms.

 

Man these guys are good... 

[Moonlover]

It does make me wonder. With manpower in the order 357,000 plus a slightly larger number of reservists, (2015 figures) why is that 'village volunteers' are manning vulnerable check points instead of professional soldiers?

[Xaos]

Damn. Why they can't get along? Do they fight for independence? Its not like they were oppressed right? 

[webfact]

Officials say at least 15 killed in attack in Thailand's restive south

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Suspected separatist insurgents killed at least 15 and wounded four village defence volunteers in a late-night shooting at a security checkpoint in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, security officials said on Wednesday.

 

The attackers in southern Yala province also used explosives and scattered nails on roads to delay pursuers late on Tuesday night in what authorities described as the biggest gun attack in years.

 

"This is likely the work of the insurgents," Colonel Pramote Prom-in, a regional security spokesman, told Reuters.

 

"This is one of the biggest attack in recent times," he said.

 

A decade-old separatist insurgency in predominantly Buddhist Thailand's largely ethnic Malay-Muslim provinces of Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat has killed nearly 7,000 people since 2004, according to Deep South Watch, which monitors the violence.

 

There was no claim of responsibility, as is common with attacks in Thailand's deep south.

 

Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat were part of an independent Malay Muslim sultanate before Thailand annexed them in 1909.

 

Some rebel groups in the south have said they are fighting to establish an independent state.

 

(Reporting by Surapan Boonthanom, Panu Wongcha-um, and Panarat Thepgumpanat; Editing by Paul Tait)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-11-06

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[webfact]

15 defence volunteers killed in raid on Yala outpost

 

Photo from Yala ToDay’s FB

 

Fifteen village defence volunteers were killed and two others seriously injured in a surprise raid on their makeshift outpost, situated on a road in Tambon Lam Phraya in the Muang district of Yala province, late Tuesday night.

 

Security officials said that there were about 17 volunteers at the outpost at the time of the attack, which took place at about 11pm. Eleven died at the scene, four of the injured died later.

 

A number of insurgents, believed to be a group of more than 10, approached the outpost on foot under the cover of darkness and opened fire with assault rifles and handguns.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/15-defence-volunteers-killed-in-raid-on-yala-outpost/

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-11-06

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[cornishcarlos]

31 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

It does make me wonder. With manpower in the order 357,000 plus a slightly larger number of reservists, (2015 figures) why is that 'village volunteers' are manning vulnerable check points instead of professional soldiers?

 

Because 100,000 of those are "generals" and they rest ? Well the generals need their lawns mowed and their cars washed !

[Enoon]

39 minutes ago, smedly said:

Muslims don't integrate anywhere not even with various factions within their own religion and countries.

 

Across Europe right now..........

 

This is not Europe.

 

The people are not immigrants.

 

The people are majority indigenous, Malay, Muslim.

 

They have been since the 13th century.

 

It was their place.

 

Ruled by a Sultan.

 

The region never asked or wanted to be "integrated" into Siam/Thailand.

 

It never asked to be subject to Thaification - Wikipedia

 

It was forced.

 

Thailand is reaping what it sowed.

 

As did Britain in Ireland, the Netherlands in their "East-Indies" and France in "Indo-China" and Algeria.

 

 

 

 

 

[hansnl]

1 hour ago, Xaos said:

Damn. Why they can't get along? Do they fight for independence? Its not like they were oppressed right? 

I think you know the reason very well.

You can see this in many other places and countries in the world

On another note, the authorities might check what Iranian "tourists" do in Thailand and why somany zeem Ti travel Ti the South.....

[Xaos]

3 minutes ago, hansnl said:

I think you know the reason very well.

You can see this in many other places and countries in the world

On another note, the authorities might check what Iranian "tourists" do in Thailand and why somany zeem Ti travel Ti the South.....

ic I get ya

[rossd]

7 minutes ago, hansnl said:

I think you know the reading very well.

On another note, the authorities might check what Iranian "tourists" do in Thailand and why somany zeem Ti travel Ti the South.....

Facts and figures please.

[webfact]

Gunmen kill 15 in southern Thailand's worst attack in years

 

Rescue workers transfer the bodies of dead village defence volunteers, who were killed by suspected separatist insurgents, to stretcher trolleys at a hospital in Yala province, southern Thailand, November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Suspected separatist insurgents stormed a security checkpoint in Thailand's Muslim-majority south and killed at least 15 people, including a police officer and many village defence volunteers, security officials said on Wednesday.

 

It was the worst single attack in years in a region where a Muslim separatist insurgency has killed thousands.

 

The attackers, in the province of Yala, also used explosives and scattered nails on roads to delay pursuers late on Tuesday night.

 

"This is likely the work of the insurgents," Colonel Pramote Prom-in, a regional security spokesman, told Reuters.

 

"This is one of the biggest attack in recent times."

 

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, however, as is common with such attacks.

 

A decade-old separatist insurgency in predominantly Buddhist Thailand's largely ethnic Malay-Muslim provinces of Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat has killed nearly 7,000 people since 2004, says Deep South Watch, a group that monitors the violence.

 

The population of the provinces, which belonged to an independent Malay Muslim sultanate before Thailand annexed them in 1909, is 80 percent Muslim, while the rest of the country is overwhelmingly Buddhist.

 

Some rebel groups in the south have said they are fighting to establish an independent state.

 

Authorities arrested several suspects from the region in August over a series of small bombs detonated in Bangkok, the capital, although they have not directly blamed any insurgent group.

 

The main insurgency group, the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), denied responsibility for the Bangkok bombings, which wounded four people.

 

In August, the group told Reuters it had held a secret preliminary meeting https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-south-exclusive/exclusive-muslim-insurgent-group-says-it-met-with-thai-government-idUSKCN1V7039 with the government, but any step towards a peace process appeared to wither after the deputy prime minister rejected a key demand for the release of prisoners.

 

(Reporting by Surapan Boonthanom, Panu Wongcha-um, and Panarat Thepgumpanat; Editing by Paul Tait and Clarence Fernandez)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-11-06

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[trainman34014]

RIP those lost.   Lost count of the times the Brainless of Bangkok (of all colours) have stood up and said ''The problems in the South will all be sorted within 6 Months '' !

[Postmaster]

Moonlover has it in One !    Where were the professional soldiers ?

[Geoffggi]

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

It does make me wonder. With manpower in the order 357,000 plus a slightly larger number of reservists, (2015 figures) why is that 'village volunteers' are manning vulnerable check points instead of professional soldiers?

I agree with the above comments and would like to add what were the armoured personnel carriers purchased for? this area should warrant at least one permanently stationed within this troubled area

[giddyup]

2 hours ago, Xaos said:

Damn. Why they can't get along? Do they fight for independence? Its not like they were oppressed right? 

Muslims.

[worgeordie]

This is what happens when the  separatist insurgents have better

weapons,than the village defence volunteers ,and where was the 

real army.

regards worgeordie

[hansnl]

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

It does make me wonder. With manpower in the order 357,000 plus a slightly larger number of reservists, (2015 figures) why is that 'village volunteers' are manning vulnerable check points instead of professional soldiers?

If you have to ask this question then maybe you should do some thinking, deep thinking?

[NCC1701A]

2 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

and where was the real army.

what real Army?

[metempsychotic]

It seems after a period of silence the ignored war in the south is back on the front pages. 

 

I must say prayuth and cronies have been largely successful at keeping this out of the media for a while. 

[hansnl]

2 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

Because 100,000 of those are "generals" and they rest ? Well the generals need their lawns mowed and their cars washed !

Don't know where you come from, but check out your own military....

One general for a thousand other ranks and soldiers would be ideal.

Bet it is at least ten generals on every thousand other ranks/soldiers.

[Matzzon]

2 hours ago, Enoon said:

They have been since the 13th century.

And still can´t accept simple and basic rules like bombing and killing is wrong. That just proves @smedly ´s point, right?

Just because they was here in the 13th centurey and is brought up by a wicked sultan, does not mean that they are free to abuse the laws in the country they stay in today.

 

Ask yourself who it is that kills and bomb most everywhere they settle down in the world?

[soalbundy]

Those are worse statistics than a battlefield, the numbers are normally reversed to be, 5 dead and 15 wounded so killing was obviously a goal here and not incidental.

[Just1Voice]

11 minutes ago, hansnl said:

Don't know where you come from, but check out your own military....

One general for a thousand other ranks and soldiers would be ideal.

Bet it is at least ten generals on every thousand other ranks/soldiers.

Combined Thai military is less than one-fourth that of the U.S., BUT, they have OVER 10 TIMES the Generals and Admirals. Don't believe me? Look it up!

 

[Docno]

3 hours ago, Moonlover said:

It does make me wonder. With manpower in the order 357,000 plus a slightly larger number of reservists, (2015 figures) why is that 'village volunteers' are manning vulnerable check points instead of professional soldiers?

Given the nation's reliance on drafting young men as they finish high school to fill out the ranks of the army, you may want to place quotation marks around the term, "professional soldiers" … 

[poohy]

Where are these Armored cars/vehicles they bought? 

Stuck in an army barracks with supposedly proper soldiers i imagine*

 

*(maybe in in special army barracks with special regiments of soldiers awaiting special events)

[yogavnture]

i will assume no tourist will come within 100km of this area

[Youlike]

19 minutes ago, Damaz6052 said:

Nonsense! They all get along fine in Kamala Phuket. Many have married Buddhist and some(muslims) have married foreigners.

MY BKK friend also married a girl from Yala, but they had to give the marriage party twice, once in BKK and one in Yala...Nobody from BKK would go there, even not when they offered us a hotel and transport.

 

And when i was in Phuket 15 years ago with other thai friends the muslims all came to me for a picture together, there seriously was a queue of 20 of them waiting for it. It was at some famous sunset place at the beach.

 

I don't understand why Thailand wants to keep this area....

[DoctorG]

26 minutes ago, hansnl said:

Don't know where you come from, but check out your own military....

One general for a thousand other ranks and soldiers would be ideal.

Bet it is at least ten generals on every thousand other ranks/soldiers.

800 to 1000 soldiers is battalion strength and is usually led by a Lt.Col,,  

[Radar501]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Police and medical examiners are gathering evidence to identify the 15 deceased

I do hope that police also attempt a proportional effort to identify the ten plus gunmen.