Bangkok, Dec 6 (EFE).- A bomb blast in Thailand’s south killed at least three people on Tuesday, further deepening bloodshed in the volatile region riven by a Muslim separatist conflict, police said. Chatchai Chanasith, a police officer in Songkhla province, told EFE that the investigators were still looking for the culprits behind the attack. The …
Bangkok, Aug 17 (EFE).- A series of 11 bomb explosions shook southern Nepal early on Wednesday in what appears to be coordinated attacks that injured six people mildly. According to the authorities, the explosions occurred at many 24-hour convenience stores and gas stations in the provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat, and Yala, which are home to …
Thai rebels sidelined from peace talks yesterday claimed responsibility for deadly bombings in the country’s Muslim-majority deep south that broke a Ramadan holiday agreed between the main rebel group and the government.
The two explosions on Friday, which killed a civilian and injured three police officers, were carried out by “G5,” a militant group of the Patani United Liberation Organization (PULO), said the group’s president, Kasturi Mahkota.
More than 7,300 people have been killed since 2004 in the fighting between the Thai government and shadowy groups seeking independence for the Malay-Muslim provinces of Narathiwat, Yala, Pattani and parts of Songkhla. The area