Songkhla: After several bombings in the South, Songkhla has recently raised security to the highest level and has increased its plan to prevent further incidents. Meanwhile, the commander of the 4th Army Region pointed out that it was not a suicide bomb. The perpetrators wanted to create a situation to scare tourists.
According to Thai News Agency, in the case of a group of ill-wishers bringing bombs to cause chaos in several locations in Phuket Province and suspicious objects being found in several areas including Phang Nga and Krabi, today Songkhla Province has raised the level of tight control in high-risk areas, both the economic city and the 4 border districts of Songkhla. Today, Pol. Col. Suwarot Lunhawittayanon, Deputy Commander of Songkhla Provincial Police, released a line of security officers, police, military, administrative officers, Hat Yai Municipality.
Volunteers from the public sector are inspecting shops in economic areas, rental rooms, and dormitories to prevent ill-wishers from entering and causing harm. They are also distributing brochures, 'Hat Yai People Take Care of the Fronts and Shops of Hat Yai City,' asking for the public's cooperation in observing suspicious individuals wearing hats or masks to cover their faces, or suspicious strangers, abandoned vehicles, or vehicles parked for a long time without license plates, as well as suspicious objects that have been placed in places where they have never been before. You can call Hat Yai Police Station at 074257990 and 074258444 or 191.
On the other hand, Lt. Gen. Paisarn Noosang, Commander of the 4th Army and Director of Internal Security Operations Region 4, mentioned the case of the police arresting Mr. Sulaiman and Mr. Muhamma, suspects with explosive devices in a car in the area of Phang Nga on June 24, and the information confirmed that they are the same network as the activist group in the southern border provinces. Most recently, the Provincial Police Region 9 and the Internal Security Operations Command Region 4 Forward Command led forces to expand the search in 4 locations in Pattani and were able to arrest 3 more people involved in the group transporting explosive devices to cause chaos in Phuket, Krabi and Phang Nga. The interrogation of the perpetrators confessed that they received orders from the group leaders to create a situation, reducing the confidence of the officials in the Andaman economic city. As for the explosive devices found, they were not destructive or murderous bombs, but were bombs to create a situation to cause fear among the public or tourists only.