The 2006 Hat Yai bombings took place in

Hat Yai Hat Yai ( th, หาดใหญ่, , also Haad Yai or Had Yai) is a city in southern Thailand near the Malaysian border. It is south of Bangkok, and has a population of 156,802 (2019) in the city itself and an urban population of about 400,00 ...

, Songkhla Province,

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on 16 September 2006 and are believed to be part of the ongoing

South Thailand insurgency The South Thailand insurgency ( th, ความไม่สงบในชายแดนภาคใต้ของประเทศไทย; ms, Pemberontakan di Thailand Selatan) is an ongoing conflict centered in southern Thailand. It ...

. At least four people were killed and 82 were injured."Bomb Blast Aftermath." ''Bangkok Post''. 18 September 2006. Page 4.
The attacks were similar to the 2005 Songkhla bombings.

The attacks

The attack consisted of six bombs which were detonated at around 9:30 pm in the Ocean Department Store, in front of the Brown Sugar Pub, a car parking building, a

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shopping mall, the Lee Gardens Hotel and

Diana Department Store Diana Department Store ( th, ไดอาน่า ดีพาร์ทเมนท์สโตร์) is a chain of department stores in southern Thailand. It was a public company with a ticker symbol CGD and traded on the SET. Background T ...

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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.

Casualties

Among those killed were a

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n, a

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and two Thais. A number of other civilians were injured and taken to the hospital where some officials complained that there was not enough blood for them, as the Xinhua news agency reported a

Suspects

It is assumed that the

carried out the attacks. While no terrorist organisation took responsibility for the bombings, General Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya indicated that Thai authorities had expected bomb attacks in Hat Yai sometime between 16 and 20 September to mark the first anniversary of the

Gerakan Mujahidin Islam Patani The Pattani Islamic Mujahideen Movement ( ms, Gerakan Mujahidin Islam Patani; GMIP) is an Islamic insurgent movement that has carried out violent actions as part of the protracted insurgency in Southern Thailand. GMIP is hostile to the practice ...

(GMIP) separatist movement, which is a splinter group of the Gerakan Mujahidin Patani (GMP)."Security 'loophole' admitted." ''Bangkok Post''. 18 September 2006. Page 1.

References

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The attacks

Casualties

Suspects

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