IED

IED event in Yala, Mueang Yala area, Thailand on Tue 17th March 2020

17th March 2020

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On 17 March 2020, Malay Muslim Separatists, presumably the BRN group, set off double explosions in Yala province. A grenade was thrown toward the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center in tambon Sateng, Mueang Yala district of Yala, Thailand, where a meeting on COVID-19 (Coronavirus) prevention measures was being held. Ten minutes afterward, a car bomb parked next to the first explosion was detonated. Twenty-five people were injured, including policemen and journalists.

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Yala ( Mueang Yala area )

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