Terrorism in Thailand

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Terrorism

Definitions
History
Incidents

By ideology

Religious
Anarchist Communist Left-wing/Far-left Narcotics-driven Nationalist Right-wing/Far-right
Buddhist Christian (Mormon) Hindu Islamic (Salafi-Wahhabi) Jewish Sikh
Special-interest / Single-issue
Suffragette Anti-abortion Green/Ecological Misogynist
Related topics
Violent extremism Ethnic violence Militia movement Resistance movement

Structure

Methods
Tactics

Agro-terrorism
Aircraft hijacking (list)
Beheading
Bombing
- Animal-borne
- Car (list)
- Improvised
- Letter
- Threat
- Proxy
Bioterrorism
Cyberterrorism
Dry run
Environmental
Hostage-taking
Individual terror
Insurgency
Kidnapping
Lone wolf
Nuclear
Paper
Piracy
Propaganda of the deed
Shooting
- School
- Spree
Stabbing
Suicide attack (list)
Rockets and mortars
Vehicle-ramming

Terrorist groups

Adherents

State terrorism
Violent non-state actors
Kazakhstan Soviet Union United States Uzbekistan
State-sponsored terrorism
Iran Israel Kuwait Libya Pakistan Qatar Russia (Soviet Union) Saudi Arabia Syria United States Venezuela

Response to terrorism

Incidents of terrorism in Thailand are mostly related to the South Thailand insurgency, which has been going on for decades. Sporadic incidents have also occurred elsewhere (mostly in Bangkok), although such events are much less common.

List of notable terrorist incidents

External sources

Works related to Anti-Terrorist Financing Act, BE 2556 (2013) at Wikisource
Works related to Internal Security Act, BE 2551 (2008) at Wikisource
Works related to Emergency Decree on Public Administration in State of Emergency, BE 2548 (2005) at Wikisource

v t e South Thailand insurgency
Timeline of events
Armed groups	Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) Patani United Liberation Organisation (PULO) Pattani Islamic Mujahideen Movement (GMIP) United Mujahideen Front of Pattani (BBMP) Islamic Liberation Front of Patani (BIPP) Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK)
Incidents	Tak Bai incident 2005 Songkhla bombings 2006 Hat Yai bombings 2006 Bangkok bombings 2007 South Thailand bombings 2007 Songkhla bombings 2009 Thailand standoff 2012 Southern Thailand bombings Battle of Bacho (2013) 2013 Southern Thailand bombings 2014 Hat Yai bombings August 2016 Thailand bombings 2017 Pattani bombing 2019 Yala attack
Patani (region) Terrorism in Thailand Royal Thai Armed Forces Royal Thai Police

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v t e Terrorism in Thailand
Bangkok (1972) Bangkok (1999) Songkhla (2005) Bangkok (2006) Hat Yai (2006) South Thailand (2007) Songkhla (2007) Narathiwat (2009) Watthana (2012) Southern Thailand (2012) Bangkok (2015) Thailand (2016) Yala (2019) Bangkok (2019)