73 violent incidents recorded in deep South in March
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A total of 73 violent incidents took place in the southern border provinces in March, killing 56 people and injuring 547 others, a university has announced.
The Deep South Watch of Prince Songkla Unviersity’s Pattani Campus announced Thursday that a total of 73 insurgency-related incidents were reported in the southern border province from March 1 to 31.
The incidents included three car-bomb attacks, three motorcycle-bomb attacks, 16 roadside bomb attacks, 34 shooting incident and six arson attacks.
The 56 slain victims were made up of 29 civilians, three police, nine soldiers, five defence volunteers, a student, a tambon administrative organisation official, three tambon and village heads, two government employees, a private firm staff member, a foreign worker and a suspected insurgent.
Almost all the 489 injured were civilians. Other injured victims included 10 policemen, 36 soldiers, three teachers and three students.
