 The locations of the 2006 Hat Yai bombings The 2006 Hat Yai bombings took place in Hat Yai, Songkhla Province, Thailand on September 16, 2006 and are believed to be part of the on-going South Thailand insurgency. At least four people were killed and 82 were injured. [1] [2] The attacks were similar to the 2005 Songkhla bombings. Hat Yai (also Haad Yai) (Thai หาดใหà¸à¹ˆ) is a city in southern Thailand near the boundary to Malaysia. ...
Songkhla (Thai สงขลา) is the one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ...
September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ...
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Flag of Pattani Raya, a symbol of Pattani separatism The South Thailand insurgency is a separatist campaign centered in the Pattani region, three southern provinces of Thailand, with violence increasingly spilling over into neighbouring provinces and threatening to extend up to the national capital in Bangkok. ...
The 2005 Songkhla bombings in Songkhla Province on April 3, 2005 were a series of three bombings that took place in Hat Yai and Songkhla, and are believed to be part of the on-going South Thailand insurgency. ...
The attacks
The attack consisted of six bombs which were detonated at around 9:30 pm in the Odean Department Store, in front of the Brown Sugar Pub, a car parking building, Big C shopping mall, the Lee Garden Hotel and Diana Department Store.[3][4] The bombs were planted on motorcycles and were triggered by mobile phone. The attacks have marred a day which was supposed to have been dominated by a military peace rally held in the south. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
Diana Department Store Public Company Limited (SET: DIANA) is a Thai public limited company that operates a chain of department stores in southern Thailand. ...
Casualties Among those killed were a Malaysian, a Canadian and two Thai people. The injured were taken to the hospital were some officials complained that the blood was not enough.
Suspects It is assumed that the South Thailand insurgency carried out the attacks. While no terrorist organization took responsibility for the bombings, General Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya indicated that Thai authorities had expected bomb attacks in Hat Yai sometime between September 16th and 20th to mark the first anniversary of the Gerakan Mujahidin Islam Pattani (GMIP) separatist movement, which is a splinter group of the Gerakan Mujahidin Pattani.[5] Flag of Pattani Raya, a symbol of Pattani separatism The South Thailand insurgency is a separatist campaign centered in the Pattani region, three southern provinces of Thailand, with violence increasingly spilling over into neighbouring provinces and threatening to extend up to the national capital in Bangkok. ...
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