2006 Hat Yai bombings
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The 2006 Hat Yai bombings took place in Hat Yai
, Songkhla Province
, Thailand
on September 16, 2006 and are believed to be part of the on-going South Thailand insurgency
. At least four people were killed and 82 were injured. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060917/wl_afp/thailandsouthunrestblasttoll_060917011751 The attacks were similar to the 2005 Songkhla bombings
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.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/17/content_5099839.htm The bombs were planted on motorcycles and were triggered by mobile phone. The attacks have marred a day which was supposed to have been dominated by a military peace rally held in the south.
and two Thai
people. A number of other civilians were injured and taken to the hospital where some officials complained that there was not enough blood for them, the Xin Hua news agency reported at http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/17/content_5099839.htm.
carried out the attacks. While no terrorist organization took responsibility for the bombings, General Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya indicated that Thai authorities had expected bomb attacks in Hat Yai sometime between September 16 and 20th to mark the first anniversary of the Gerakan Mujahidin Islam Pattani (GMIP) separatist movement, which is a splinter group of the Gerakan Mujahidin Pattani.
Hat Yai
Hat Yai is a city in southern Thailand near the Malaysian border. Located at , it has a population of 157,359 in the city itself and about 800,000 in the greater Hat Yai area. Hat Yai is the largest city of Songkhla Province, the largest metropolitan area in Southern, and third largest...
, Songkhla Province
Songkhla Province
Songkhla is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Satun, Phatthalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Pattani and Yala. To the south it borders Kedah and Perlis of Malaysia....
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
on September 16, 2006 and are believed to be part of the on-going South Thailand insurgency
South Thailand insurgency
An ethnic separatist insurgency is taking place in Southern Thailand, predominantly in the Malay Pattani region, made up of the three southernmost provinces of Thailand. Violence has increasingly spilling over into other provinces...
. At least four people were killed and 82 were injured. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060917/wl_afp/thailandsouthunrestblasttoll_060917011751 The attacks were similar to the 2005 Songkhla bombings
2005 Songkhla bombings
The 2005 Songkhla bombings were a series of three bombings that took place on April 3, 2005 in the cities of Hat Yai and Songkhla of Thailand's Songkhla Province, and are believed to be part of the on-going South Thailand insurgency. At least two people were killed and 66 were injured in the...
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The attacks
The attack consisted of six bombs which were detonated at around 9:30 pm in the Ocean Department Store, in front of the Brown Sugar Pub, a car parking building, Big C shopping mall, the Lee Garden Hotel and Diana Department StoreDiana Department Store
Diana Department Store Public Company Limited is a Thai public limited company that operates a chain of department stores in southern Thailand....
.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/17/content_5099839.htm The bombs were planted on motorcycles and were triggered by mobile phone. The attacks have marred a day which was supposed to have been dominated by a military peace rally held in the south.
Casualties
Among those killed were a Malaysian, a CanadianCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and two Thai
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
people. A number of other civilians were injured and taken to the hospital where some officials complained that there was not enough blood for them, the Xin Hua news agency reported at http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/17/content_5099839.htm.
Suspects
It is assumed that the South Thailand insurgencySouth Thailand insurgency
An ethnic separatist insurgency is taking place in Southern Thailand, predominantly in the Malay Pattani region, made up of the three southernmost provinces of Thailand. Violence has increasingly spilling over into other provinces...
carried out the attacks. While no terrorist organization took responsibility for the bombings, General Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya indicated that Thai authorities had expected bomb attacks in Hat Yai sometime between September 16 and 20th to mark the first anniversary of the Gerakan Mujahidin Islam Pattani (GMIP) separatist movement, which is a splinter group of the Gerakan Mujahidin Pattani.
See also
- 2005 Songkhla bombings2005 Songkhla bombingsThe 2005 Songkhla bombings were a series of three bombings that took place on April 3, 2005 in the cities of Hat Yai and Songkhla of Thailand's Songkhla Province, and are believed to be part of the on-going South Thailand insurgency. At least two people were killed and 66 were injured in the...
- South Thailand insurgencySouth Thailand insurgencyAn ethnic separatist insurgency is taking place in Southern Thailand, predominantly in the Malay Pattani region, made up of the three southernmost provinces of Thailand. Violence has increasingly spilling over into other provinces...