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Attacks continue in face of new Thai security plans
 [Anadolu Agency] A bombing and a shooting have shaken southern Thailand, a week after the military government revealed new plans to counteract the insurgency in the region.An investigator at the Rueso district police station in Narathiwat said that a bomb exploded Thursday while a police patrol car passed on a local road. Police Captain Marut Nikolsi said, "The remote-controlled bomb was buried on the roadside. The car was damaged by shrapnel, but no one was injured." Another incident Thursday evening left one person wounded in Sungai Padi district in the same province. Police Sub-Lieutenant Kittisak Iat-het said, "An indeterminate number of people ambushed and shot at the car of a 51-year-old villager who was driving along a local road." In a plan revealed last week, the junta called for more security and the promotion of investment in rural communities in the three southernmost provinces in order to combat the influence of militants. A handout detailing the plans said, "We envision the completion of 'model villages' throughout the region to increase social security for citizens." Such villages are heavily subsidized by the government to provide jobs and security for local residents. They are singled out by the military for their strategic and geographical importance, along with a high risk of recruitment. A recent report by Brussels-based think tank International Crisis Group has claimed that peace negotiations have "foundered" because both sides "prefer hostilities to compromise." Posted by: ryuge 2016-12-31 |
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