New Year countdown in Pattani marred by insurgency attacks
Pattani in the South of Thailand was hit by five simultaneous attacks just before the arrival of the New Year on Saturday.
Police believe insurgents were behind the attacks and the aim was to create unrest. There were no reports of injuries or casualties.
The attacks included shooting at Talo subdistrict protection team’s base at Pao Pumae Moo 2 village in Yarin district. Nobody was injured.
Insurgents also burned a tyre and sprayed the “Patani Medeka” or independence for Pattani in Malay, on a road in Nong Chik district and another in Panare district.
The attackers also burned down a checkpoint at La-Nga village in Mayo district and set fire to tyres on a Narathiwat-Pattani highway in Mayo district.
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