In southern Thailand, in the province of Pattani, eight police officers from the Sai Buri Police Station were injured last night in a bomb attack while on patrol. There was vandalism to two police cars.

Eleven officers patrolled the Sai Buri neighborhood in two pick-up trucks before the incident. At around 10:45 p.m., the cops were driving along the Ban Pa Thung – Bang Kao Road in the Bang Khao subdistrict when the device was triggered. The perpetrators of the attack escaped.


One officer was hit by flying shrapnel, and seven others reported symptoms such as tinnitus and chest tightness after the blast. Everyone was transported to the emergency rooms of Pattani’s Crown Prince Sai Buri Hospital.

Police Captain Kittikhun Pongpetch, Police Senior Sergeant Major Anon Wanthong, Police Sergeant Teeranat Pinnukit, Police Constables Sukhum Laichan and Sanya Makmool, and Police Constable Sangha Cheecho, who was wounded in the elbow, were among the injured.


Given the history of insurgency attacks on police officers and other Thai state representatives since unrest flared in Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, and areas of Songkhla in 2004, it is assumed that insurgents were responsible for the incident.

Eight Police Officers Injured In Bomb Attack In Southern Thailand's Pattani Province