Car bomb kills 6, wounds scores in Pattani
A powerful car bomb detonated at a municipality-run market in Pattani's Sai Buri district yesterday, killing six people and wounding scores of people, including security officers who were lured to the bomb scene.
- Published: 22/09/2012 at 12:00 AM
The blast went off about 12.30 pm in the compound of Taluban municipality market in Sai Buri district. Several shophouses caught fire.
The bomb killed six people, two who died instantly at the scene, and wounded almost 50 people, including police, defence volunteers and civilians. Of the injured, 10 were seriously wounded.
The bomb, hidden in a black Chevrolet sedan with fake licence plates, went off when a team of police and defence volunteers were lured to Kamolphan gold shop, opposite a motorcycle repair shop where the car containing the bomb was parked.
The officers went to the gold shop after being alerted by a phone call that an unknown number of armed men had earlier opened fire on the shop, which was only 100 metres from the police station.
The explosion caused damage to several shophouses. Many cars and motorcyles caught fire.
The six dead victims were identified as Worawut Sunthorn, 45, a food vendor; Ariya Saman, 19, a student at an Islamic school; defence volunteer Wichai Sakonthawut, 54; Paisarn Chanthanasap, 54, owner of the motorcycle shop; Saowapa Praditneesilapa, 55, a vendor; and Prapin Kaewthong, a fruit vendor.
Among some 50 injured victims were Pol Col Arzis Umayee, chief of Sai Buri police; Pol Lt Col Pattanapong Thongduang, deputy Sai Buri police chief; Pol Capt Abdul-amid Bueraheng, suppression police inspector, non-commissioned police and civilians.
Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha admitted violence still existed in the far South even if a group of 93 southern rebels recently turned themselves to authorities as there were several groups of insurgents. Speaking after his return from Indonesia, the army chief said he had discussed the southern violence with his Indonesian counterpart.
He quoted the Indonesian army chief of staff Gen Pramono Edhie Wibowo as saying that Thailand was on the right track to solve the unrest.
He maintained he would give justice to insurgents who surrendered and to victims of southern unrest.
Gen Prayuth said insurgents involved in minor offences such as strewing metal spikes on roads may not face punishment.
However, those involved in serious offences such as killings would not escape legal action.
Share your thoughts
- Discussion 1 : 23/09/2012 at 11:01 AM
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Aussie
The increase of attacks was a Ramamdan thing that the terrors said they would increase not because of YS
- Discussion 2 : 23/09/2012 at 01:59 AM
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Khun Somchai #17, haven't "Maw's power" led political party in various reincarnations been receiving either the most votes, or an overwhelming majority votes outright, like the current PTP is currently enjoying? As a result, I can't think of anything more democratic than this. So, it seems to me that the problem is not Democracy itself, but what we want our Democracy to stand for. Should we want it to stand for Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness, and Equal Justice for All, or "anything goes" like what has been happening since the beginning of our supposedly democratic rule in 1932?
- Discussion 3 : 22/09/2012 at 05:38 PM
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The violence has spiraled out of control since the fugitive returned to power. There will be no peace until the Puea Thaksin regime has been replaced by a democratic government.
- Discussion 4 : 22/09/2012 at 05:26 PM
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The regime must pay these terrorists 7 million baht each too. No double standards!
- Discussion 5 : 22/09/2012 at 02:20 PM
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dickemery you are right. I agree
- Discussion 6 : 22/09/2012 at 01:16 PM
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Why hasn`t anyone questioned why attacks in the south have escolated under yingluck ?
Time for a big change in Thailand , AV for PM ?
- Discussion 7 : 22/09/2012 at 11:51 AM
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Gen Prayuth may be playing a dangerous game. No punishment for people confessing to placing metal spikes on roads? A lesser punishment such as a fine rather than imprisonment maybe, but not no punishment. Apart from anything else, metal spikes on roads can easily cause fatal traffic accidents.
- Discussion 8 : 22/09/2012 at 10:40 AM
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I agree with dickemery. Where is the muslim outcry? Dont any of you have an opinion on this matter. I have never never read any rebuttal from a muslim on these comment sections. Everytime I question this it never gets posted but I keep trying.
- Discussion 9 : 22/09/2012 at 10:16 AM
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Thailand you need real help on this. It has been going on to long and getting worse. Swallow your pride and get some serious help and stop fooling yourself that you can handle it on your own.
- Discussion 10 : 22/09/2012 at 09:42 AM
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The army and police have failed its time to talk.The longer it is left the stronger the other sides negotiating platform. Look at Afghanistan when the forces pull out the country will revert to how it was prior to the war.Force simply dose not work in these situations. Unfortunately all I see on Thai TV by way of a discussion is some one belting or shooting the other side to make there point.Is that really the way to solve a dispute?
- Discussion 11 : 22/09/2012 at 09:25 AM
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I presumed that the bad guys in the south had all started repenting their misdeeds and surrendering in front of the pretty lady government. What went wrong? Are we talking about the wrong bad guys? Are the guys who surrendered decoys, not the bad guys really? This government seems to be following the U.S policy of paying people to come on their side. U.S tried this to capture Bin Laden, they finally had to go and get him themselves. In a small home in Pakistan when, India always claimed that Pakistan was sheltering Bin Laden - India knew it for more than a decade. But the U.S were stubborn and paid Pakistani governments to become their ally in the war on terrorism. Then a decade and 4,000 U.S soldier deaths later - the U.S did the work themselves, found Bin Laden in Pakistan. Follow the same path and you end at the same destination.
- Discussion 12 : 22/09/2012 at 09:23 AM
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after more then 10 years and 3-4-5000 deads Thai... they r on the right track....euuhhh give me a break here.... those terrorist r free to do what ever they want..... almost nobody was arrest in all those years ..Thai people r not fool they can see that nothing was done yet except bla bla bla bla ...from the goverment and bla bla bla from army and police .....where r the terrorist now ?? in jail ?? no ,,, they r free and still killing Thai famly.... the bad news is ....Next year at the same time it will be the same ...why ?? because their is no politics willingness....
- Discussion 13 : 22/09/2012 at 09:00 AM
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Stop calling these people rebels, stop calling them separatists, stop calling them insurgents and stop calling them militants. They are terrorists of the worst kind and utter cowards, as are all terrorists. And don’t even think of negotiating with terrorists. They deserve no sympathy. And someone should tell Gen Prayuth that metal spikes on roads are there for the purpose of facilitating more attacks and more killings of innocent people. No punishment indeed! Is is any wonder he is not succeeding in his duty in the South.
- Discussion 14 : 22/09/2012 at 08:56 AM
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The Americans have already learned their lesson from the first and second attacks on the World Trade Center in NYC, that it's pretty much useless to try to catch the terrorists after the attacks. That's when they switched from police work (of law enforcement) to military work (of taking war to the terrorists). Unless Thailand can do the same by learning to connect the dots, in order to take the fight to the terrorists before they can carry out their evil deeds, we will eventually lose the Deep South to them PERIOD.
- Discussion 15 : 22/09/2012 at 08:31 AM
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They have been using this same tactic for many years now, haven't they? So how come it was not in the military and police textbook yet?
- Discussion 16 : 22/09/2012 at 07:42 AM
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where is the outrage from the muslim community,whilst evil muslim terrorist,killing their own innocent men,women and child,on a daily basis.the whole world all corners on the earth are having this problem,where is the condemation from the muslim world,they keep quiet for fear.
their leaders are more concerned about a silly film made by one of there own a egyptian man,,than all these atrocities that going on, and when is this regime ,the miltary, going to wake up to whats going on here,these terrorist are,the worse kind,you dont know their face,there the dark shadow of evilness,sad to say but l think pm yingluck and the army are not doing enough to secure the south and helping their people
- Discussion 17 : 22/09/2012 at 06:05 AM
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Thailand is on the right track??? What track is that???
- Discussion 18 : 22/09/2012 at 06:01 AM
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Why the neighbor had to tell Thailand is in the right track ? The track that Thailand was on might be right but the trains derailed because of the train operators are not up to the par.
- Discussion 19 : 22/09/2012 at 05:07 AM
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They are terrorists - not militants, not separatists.
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