Arson attacks by insurgents in three southernmost provinces

[misskit]

Suspected insurgents launched coordinated robbery and arson attacks on multiple targets in the three restive southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat early this morning.


The targets included 7-11 convenience stores, a crushing plant, cell towers, CCTV cameras, a road grader, a saw mill and a car. Car tyres were also set alight on some roads, but no one was killed or injured.


In one of the arson attacks on a 7-11 convenience store in Muang district of Pattani, an employee told the police said that three armed men fired several shots into the air before they entered the store and ordered all the employees to leave. One of them refused and a rebel threatened to shoot him.


Then the rebels poured gasoline over the cashier’s counter and set it alight, before fleeing the scene on motorcycles.


Another 7-11 convenience store in Khok Pho district, in front of the district hospital, was also torched.


A sheet metal store in Muang district was set ablaze and a car and construction materials were damaged.


In Narathiwat province, police said that six targets in Cho Airong, Waeng, Su-ngai Padi, Rue So and Si Sakhon districts were attacked by suspected insurgents. This included the burning of a ten-wheel truck and a forklift at a factory, the burning of four road graders on Su-ngai Padi-Su-ngai Kolok road, the burning of a saw mill and CCTV cameras.

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[misskit]

PM assigns acting national police chief to deep south

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin hosted an urgent meeting today with senior security officials, including acting national police chief Pol Gen Kittarat Panphet, following this morning’s attacks in three southernmost provinces.


He assigned Kittarat to visit the areas today to gather information concerning the attacks in the suburbs of Yala, Narathiwat, and Pattani provinces.


Srettha also ordered the military and the police to beef up security at all government offices in those provinces.


Kittarat told reporters after the meeting that he was scheduled to fly to Hat Yai in Songkhla province before traveling to the deep south to hold talks with local police on measures to protect government offices and prevent future attacks.


Meanwhile, Lt. Gen. Santi Sakuntanark, commander of the Fourth Army Region, said that the arson attacks appear not to have been intended to harm people but to damage economic targets located in the suburbs of the provinces.


Suspected insurgents launched coordinated robbery and arson attacks on multiple targets, including 7-11 convenience stores, crushing plants, and cell towers.

Santi said that the insurgents believed they would obtain more merits if they attacked during the holy month of Ramadan.


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[39TG]

One of the employees refused to leave. WTF?

[david44]

believed they would obtain more merits if they attacked during the holy month of Ramadan