Pickup used to harm Sungai Kolok area office found abandoned
PUBLISHED: 9 Mar 2025 at 16: 08
Malaysia has advised its citizens to throw off plans to visit southwestern Thailand following attacks and gunfire in the Thai border town of Sungai Kolok, a favorite destination for Malay. and in Pattani.  ,
Police Inspector-General Razarudin Husain on Sunday recommended people drop any plans to visit southwestern Thailand, Indonesian media reported.  ,
Indonesian security officials had intensified guards and stepped up measures at the frontier with Sungai Kolok area to avoid the insurgents entering Malaysia across the Kolok River, he added.
His instructions came after , explosives and shootings rocked Sungai Kolok town in Narathiwat territory on Saturday evening.  ,  ,
Early studies said three locations in the city were bombed, but details eventually emerged of a third attack, an explosion at a traffic beach behind Maharat Stadium that caused no injury.  ,
The weapons and shooting at the city office about 7.10pm killed two and injured at least eight military individuals. Four residents were likewise cofirmed wounded by the black-clad militants.  ,
A security official said the city business building and the theater building near were seriously damaged by bombs. The subsequent fires even damaged several cars and motorcycles parked in the substance, he added.
Another bombs went off in Sungai Padi and Waeng regions of Narathiwat and Sai Buri district in Pattani. ( continues below )
The delivery used by militants to strike Sungai Kolokk city company is found abandoned on a local street in Sungai Padi area, Narathiwat state, on Sunday. ( Photo: Abdullah Benjakat )
The Isuzu pick that carried the district office intruders, all wearing dark Muslim Dawah clothes, was found abandoned on a dirt road in a palm oil farm in Sungai Padi area. It was spotted by the Ban Kuwa village chief, who alerted security authorities.
Fourth Army commander Lt Gen Pisal Noosang visited Sungai Kolok on Sunday and instructed soldiers and other security authorities to increase protection at all state offices, public facilities and other important locations deemed possible targets, the Public Relations Office of Narathiwat reported.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra sent her condolences to the injured and families of those killed. She promised them swift and fair financial compensation.