Road construction vehicles torched in Thailand’s southern Pattani province

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Suspected insurgents set fire to a backhoe, one road grader, a water truck and two utility poles in the southern border province of Pattani on Monday.

 

Six armed men, believed to be insurgents, arrived at a construction site in Village 1, Nam Dum sub-district of Thung Yang Daeng district on motorcycles and restrained two assistant headmen.

 

Then they poured gasoline on the three vehicles before setting them alight and escaping.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/road-construction-vehicles-torched-in-thailands-southern-pattani-province/

 

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The power poles got it again...

[Patong2021]

Perhaps a rival road crew gang upset someone moved in on their turf. The southern insurgency has long provided cover for smugglers and criminal gangs. Whenever criminal gangs go at it, it is easy to blame on insurgents.