IED

IED event in Yala, Mueang Yala area, Thailand on Sat 28th August 2021

28th August 2021

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On 28 August 2021, a time bomb planted under the vehicle of the headman of Samakkhi sub district went off on Siriros Road in tambon Sateng, Mueang Yala district (Yala), leaving the sub district headman who was driving from his wife's home severely injured. A surveillance camera later showed a man, presumably Malay Muslim separatist, planting the explosive near the gas tank of the vehicle when it was parked at his home. The investigation remains ongoing, with separatist causes a possible motive behind the attack.

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Yala ( Mueang Yala area )

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