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Police hunt suspects after 68th car bomb attack in Thailand’s deep South
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Sixty-eight car bombings linked to the southern unrest have been recorded since the first such attack in 2005, with the latest explosion outside the old Tanyong Police Station building in Narathiwat prompting a manhunt for two suspects.
Key facts
- Of the 68 recorded attacks, 29 occurred in Narathiwat, 19 in Pattani, 15 in Yala and four in the southern districts of Songkhla
- The latest incident, the first car bombing recorded in the southern border region in 2026, occurred at about 7.20pm on Tuesday, July 21, near the entrance to Thaksin Ratchaniwet Palace in Kaluwo Nuea subdistrict, Mueang Narathiwat district.
- On September 29, 2024, a stolen car was fitted with explosives and allowed to roll down a slope towards the Tak Bai district chief’s residence and Volunteer Defence Corps Company 5 in Che He subdistrict.
- Another attack occurred inside the Su-ngai Kolok district office compound on March 8, 2025.
- The tactic was used again on August 20, 2025, outside the Sala Mai Tambon Protection Unit base on Highway 42 in Tak Bai district, about 22 kilometres from the site of the latest bombing.
Summary
Of the 68 recorded attacks, 29 occurred in Narathiwat, 19 in Pattani, 15 in Yala and four in the southern districts of Songkhla. One other insurgency-linked car bombing took place outside the southern border provinces, at the Central Festival shopping centre car park on Koh Samui in Surat Thani in 2015.
The latest incident, the first car bombing recorded in the southern border region in 2026, occurred at about 7.20pm on Tuesday, July 21, near the entrance to Thaksin Ratchaniwet Palace in Kaluwo Nuea subdistrict, Mueang Narathiwat district.