Bombing rocks Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot

Two bombs exploded near the first Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge just over the border from Mae Sot district, Tak on Saturday night. The first bomb detonated at the Myawaddy-Mae Sot border checkpoint at 7.20pm, causing damage to one car. The second Read More …

Thailand: Loan shark bombs debtor’s house in Phattalung province

A loan shark allegedly threw a deadly military-grade hand grenade at a woman’s house in Phattalung province, southern Thailand, after she failed to meet repayments. At 2pm yesterday, police were called to a house in Mueang district after a gardener Read More …

Thailand: Roadside bomb in Mai Kaen kills police officer, injures three others

A Thai policeman was killed, and four others injured when a roadside bomb detonated as their vehicles passed near a hospital in southern Thailand, police said. A police motorcycle and a patrol truck were travelling together when both were hit Read More …

Thailand: Ranger killed, police, civilians injured by plantation bombs

An army ranger was killed and seven policemen and two civilians injured by bomb explosions in a rubber plantation in Sungai Padi district of this southern border province on Monday morning, police said. The first explosion occurred about 6.30am in Read More …

Thailand: Local EOD robots ready for action

The Defence Science and Technology Department (DSTD) have certified two locally made Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) robots to be used for commercial purposes and in Thailand’s deep south. The Defence Technology Institute (DTI) announced on Wednesday the DSTD certified its Read More …

Thailand: Three policemen injured in truck bomb explosion in Pattani Province

Three policemen were injured when a bomb hidden in a six-wheel garbage truck exploded near a road checkpoint in Panare district on Monday night. The attack occurred about 9.15pm at Chantharak police checkpoint on Highway 42 at Moo 1 village Read More …

Bomb blasts and gunshots heard along Malaysian-Thai border

Tak Bai, a border town on the Malaysia-Thailand border in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat, was awakened by a series of bomb blasts and sounds of gunfire on Wednesday (May 25). The blasts, which occurred at about 10pm, were Read More …

Thailand: Bomb disposal officers need blood donations after explosion in Pattani province

A double bomb attack in Pattani province in southern Thailand on Friday killed a fisherman and injured 3 explosive ordnance disposal officers, leaving 2 of them severely injured and in desperate need of blood donations. By the way, Songklanagarind Hospital Read More …