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Pattani is the only province in Thailand where the agriculture ministry prohibits trawlers and destructive fishing nets within four nautical miles of the shoreline. Local fish stocks have rebounded as a result. [12] Despite having many interesting places, Pattani is the least visited province in the country.
The decision in Pattani was made after a series of arson attacks against schools and the fatal shooting of two schoolteachers. [35] In Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat Provinces over 1,000 schools were shut down. [36] [37] 9 December: A police informant was killed in a drive-by shooting. [11] 29 December: Two teachers were shot and burned to death ...
Pattani is a town (thesaban mueang) in the far south of Thailand, near the border with Malaysia. It is the capital of Pattani Province. The city has a population of ...
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They have also alleged that the attackers had ties to Bakong Pittaya School in Pattani, and that a December 2017 raid on the school turned up bomb making supplies and anti-government and rebel material. [8] [9] In September 2018 the two men, including one were convicted and sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment, for the attack. [10]
The BNPP was very active in the 1970s and 1980s. It renamed itself to "Islamic Front for the Liberation of Pattani" (BIPP) in 1986. [6] [11] After a period of dormancy, it was revived in 2002. The renewed group has reduced its nationalistic emphasis and expanded its hard-line Islamic politico-religious goals.
The 2007 South Thailand bombings were a series of bombings that hit Narathiwat, Pattani, Songkhla and Yala during the Chinese New Year celebrations on 18 and 19 February. At least seven people were killed. [1] The bombings were the first time the rebels had simultaneously struck all four southern provinces.
The attacks have been regarded by most major news outlets as part of the broader South Thailand insurgency.While no terrorist organisation took responsibility for the bombings, the most likely culprit is the Gerakan Mujahidin Islam Patani (GMIP) separatist movement, which is a splinter group of the Gerakan Mujahidin Pattani.