Thai Examiner
Base pipe bomb attack on Thursday in southern Yala province left five army officers with minor injuries
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Key facts
- Yala security forces come under bomb attack as assailants throw two pipe bombs towards troop accommodation
- Initial reports identify border patrol base as police confirm two injured officers in Yala bomb attack.
- Security command confirms five officers injured as pipe bomb detonates near troop accommodation in Yala
- Conflicting casualty reports emerge as security forces raise alert levels following Yala base bombing
- Bomb disposal teams face unexploded device as investigators examine weapons used in Yala base attack
- Police hunt attackers as security forces tighten protection and investigate the Yala base bombing
Summary
### Yala security forces come under bomb attack as assailants throw two pipe bombs towards troop accommodation. Five officers are injured, one by shrapnel. The second bomb fails to detonate. Police raise security to the highest level and hunt the attackers.
A bomb attack on a security forces base in Yala on Thursday evening injured five officers and triggered an urgent manhunt. Unknown assailants hurled two pipe bombs into troop accommodation in Bannang Sata district. One detonated, while the second failed. Sergeant Major Harun Maseng remains hospitalised with shrapnel wounds. Four others were discharged. Meanwhile, security forces raised alerts to their highest level as three agencies launched an investigation.
Police launched an urgent manhunt in Yala on Thursday evening after attackers bombed a security forces base in Bannang Sata district. Five officers were injured when one of two pipe bombs detonated near their accommodation.