[Bangkok Post] Two men suspected of involvement in a bombing at an ATM in Pattani province on May 20 were detained last Friday. A combined team of police, soldiers and forensic officials searched two locations in Yarang district and managed to arrest the two suspects. In the first raid, Malawi Maming was apprehended at his house in Yarang district. The officials later raided another house in the same district and arrested Maruding Maming. The pair were held in military custody for interrogation.
Earlier this month, soldiers detained four men suspected of involvement in the fatal shooting of a highway police officer in Pattani province on Jan 11, 2013. The four suspects -- Romdon Maruesatae, Burahan Bueraheng, Nura-almadfaris Salae, and Arhamadphikhi Jaema -- were nabbed during a military raid on a house in Sai Buri district early on the morning on August 1.
A source said an intelligence unit found out that insurgents had planned to carry out bomb blasts in three districts -- Bannang Sata, Krong Pinang and Than Tho -- of Yala and Mayor district of Pattani. This caused security officers to tighten security in those areas.