Incident Summary:
06/21/2008: On Saturday, suspected Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) Muslim militants ambushed a passenger train near Narathiwat district, Yala province, Thailand, killing three passengers and a railway police officer while wounding five others. The gunmen were wearing military fatigues and were using automatic rifles in the attack. On 06/22/2008 on Sunday, police detained three rebels suspected of being involved in the attack while on 06/25/2008 on Wednesday, the provincial court in Narathiwat issued arrest warrants for Harem Janeh, Duerapa Jeh-uma, Amran Ming and Asueming Samae who were also suspected of being responsible for the attack. Asueming Samae was arrested on 20080709 on Tuesday. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
Overview
GTD ID:
200806210004
When:
2008-06-21
Country:
Thailand
Region:
Southeast Asia
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Yala
City:
Near Unkknown
Location Details:
The attack took place on a passenger train near Narathiwat district, Yala province, Thailand.
What
Attack Information
| Type of Attack () |
Armed Assault |
| Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
| Target Type: Police |
|---|
| Name of Entity |
Thai Military |
| Specific Description |
A railway police officer |
| Nationality of Target |
Thailand |
| Target Type: Transportation |
|---|
| Name of Entity |
|
| Specific Description |
Civilian railway passengers were also targeted. |
| Nationality of Target |
Thailand |
Additional Information
| Hostages |
No |
| Ransom |
No |
| Property Damage |
Unknown |
| Extent of Property Damage |
Unknown |
| Value of Property Damage |
Unknown |
How
Weapon Information
| Type |
Sub-type |
| Firearms |
Automatic Weapon |
| Weapon Details |
|---|
| Automatic rifles were used in the firearm attack. |
Additional Information
| Suicide Attack? | No |
| Part of Multiple Incident? | No |
| Criterion 1 () |
Yes |
| Criterion 2 () |
Yes |
| Criterion 3 () |
Yes |
| Doubt Terrorism Proper () |
No |
Who
Perpetrator Statistics
| Number of Perpetrators |
Unknown |
| Number of Captured Perpetrators |
4 |
Casualty Information
| Total Number of Casualties |
4 Fatalities / 5 Injured |
| Total Number of Fatalities |
4 |
| Number of U.S. Fatalities |
0 |
| Number of Perpetrator Fatalities |
0 |
| Total Number of Injured |
5 |
| Number of U.S. Injured |
0 |
| Number of Perpetrators Injured |
0 |
Sources
Sources
| Khettiya Jittapong, "4 Killed in Train Ambush in Restive Thai South," Reuters, June 21, 2008. |
| BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific, "Rail Services to Southern Thai Provinces Cancelled After Insurgent Attack," Lexis Nexis, BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific, June 23, 2008. |
| Mcot News, "Police Nab Suspect in Railway Worker Killings," July 9, 2008, http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=5147. |
Criteria
Criteria 1
The act must be aimed at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social goal. In terms of economic goals, the exclusive pursuit of profit does not satisfy this criterion. It must involve the pursuit of more profound, systemic economic change.
Criterion 2
There must be evidence of an intention to coerce, intimidate, or convey some other message to a larger audience (or audiences) than the immediate victims. It is the act taken as a totality that is considered, irrespective if every individual involved in carrying out the act was aware of this intention. As long as any of the planners or decision-makers behind the attack intended to coerce, intimidate or publicize, the intentionality criterion is met.
Criterion 3
The action must be outside the context of legitimate warfare activities. That is, the act must be outside the parameters permitted by international humanitarian law (particularly the prohibition against deliberately targeting civilians or non-combatants.
Doubt Terrorism Proper
The existence of a "Yes" for "Doubt Terrorism Proper?" records reservation, in the eyes of GTD analysts, that the incident in question is truly terrorism. Such uncertainty, however, was not deemed to be sufficient to disqualify the incident from inclusion into the GTD. Furthermore, such a determination of doubt is subsequently coded by GTD analysts as conforming to one of four possible alternative designations: 1) Insurgency/Guerilla Action; 2) Internecine Conflict Action; 3) Mass Murder; or 4) Purely Criminal Act.
Alternate Designation
The determination of "yes" for "Doubt Terrorism Proper" by GTD analysts is coded as conforming to one of four possible alternative designations: 1) Insurgency/Guerilla Action; 2) Internecine Conflict Action; 3) Mass Murder; or 4) Purely Criminal Act.
Successful Attack
Success of a terrorist strike is defined according to the tangible effects of the attack. For example, in a typical successful bombing, the bomb detonates and destroys property and/or kills individuals, whereas an unsuccessful bombing is one in which the bomb is discovered and defused or detonates early and kills the perpetrators. Success is not judged in terms of the larger goals of the perpetrators. For example, a bomb that exploded in a building would be counted as a success even if it did not, for example, succeed in bringing the building down or inducing government repression.
Type of Attack
This field captures the general method of attack and often reflects the broad class of tactics used. It consists of the following nine categories:
- Assassination
- Armed Assault
- Unarmed Assault
- Bombing/Explosion
- Hijacking
- Hostage taking (Barricade Incident)
- Hostage taking (Kidnapping)
- Facility / Infrastructure Attack
- Unknown
Target Information
This field captures the general type of target. It consists of the following 22 categories:
- Abortion Related
- Airports & Airlines
- Business
- Government (General)
- Government (Diplomatic)
- Educational Institution
- Food or Water Supply
- Journalists & Media
- Maritime (includes Ports and Maritime facilities)
- Military
- NGO
- Other
- Police
- Private Citizens & Property
- Religious Figures/Institutions
- Telecommunication
- Terrorists
- Tourists
- Transportation (other than aviation)
- Unknown
- Utilities
- Violent Political Parties
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