The Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist motion has claimed obligation for the wave associated with attacks on comfort stores in the far South early on Wednesday, calling them emblematic of state-backed capitalism that is ruining local economies.
Published yesterday early morning on a Facebook page called BRN Barisan Revolusi Nasional Malayu Patani was a declaration by the BRN in which it also offered the condolences to the category of the dead target in the bombing and arson attacks performed in 17 locations, mostly convenience shops, across Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat.
The dead person was discovered by local police as Masarit Mom, 21, an indigenous of Sungai Kolok district in Narathiwat, whose charred body was found in an exceedingly gutted convenience store at a PTT petrol station in the district.
The BRN claimed its men had currently asked all staff and customers to leave the locations before they launched their attacks.
The episodes were aimed at impressive at the “power of capitalism” that is spreading rapidly in Pattani, a term normally used by southern separatist movements in referring to the three southernmost provinces, the BRN mentioned in the same declaration.
This particular power is destroying the communities’ economic structure, considering that a huge number of local shops have been forced away from business, said the BRN.
According to the BRN, convenience stores sell goods at more expensive prices by breaking the product into smaller packages for reselling, which usually works out at getting more expensive than the exact same goods sold in larger packs.
The BRN claimed the government and the military were supporting the particular influence of comfort store chains. A minimum of seven other people were injured in the episodes, which prompted protection to be tightened across the deep South.
Narathiwat seemed to have sustained the brunt of the blitz as 10 of the 17 attacks were carried out in six of its districts, mentioned a source.
Four main protection checkpoints have been set up to screen every travellers entering the province’s main city through its four key entrances, said the source, adding most of travellers were becoming stopped for a protection check yesterday and asked to show their own ID cards.
National Safety Council (NSC) secretary-general Gen Supoj Malaniyom confirmed yesterday that will levels of security had been being raised to deter more violence, as they hunt down the particular culprits.
The government will stay with its strategy and encourage all events to join the attempts to restore peace within the South, he said.