Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday ruined the masterminds at the rear of the multiple bombing and arson attacks at 17 areas in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat on Tuesday evening, incorporating security authorities are hunting down those accountable for the attacks.
As a result of the attacks, which researchers believed were coordinated, eight people sustained injuries.
“The PM condemned these outrageous acts, which were apparently targeted at harming innocent people and damaging qualities, given the fact that numerous crowded convenience stores were among the main targets, ” govt spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said yesterday.
As such, Gen Prayut has ordered security authorities in order to expedite their investigation so those behind these attacks can be brought to justice, said the spokesman.
The 17 locations were strike at almost the same time, said Maj Style Pramote Prom-in, deputy director of Inner Security Operations Centre (Isoc) Region 4.
2 locations were attacked in Pattani, six in Yala and nine in Narathiwat, he said.
The worst damage was reported at a Bang Chak petrol station in Pattani’s Nong Chik district, which burned down following a good explosion, he said.
He or she said 4th Army commander Lt Style Kriangkrai Srirak had ordered troops to offer additional security with regard to explosive ordnance removal officers working at the scenes.
Gen Wallop Raksanoh, the head of a govt team negotiating serenity in the deep Southern, said it was crucial to figure out whether the southern separatist group Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) was responsible for the attacks.
The BRN is within talks with the government’s peace team plus both sides are required to begin a new circular of negotiations in October, he mentioned.
The particular team has contacted the Malaysian facilitators of the peace speak with contact the BRN and enquire about what had just occurred here, he stated.
That said, army chief Style Narongpan Jitkaewtae dropped to engage in rumours about the group behind these attacks, stating it would be more appropriate to wait until a formal investigation unravels the particular mystery behind the particular recent wave of fresh violence within the far South.