Suspected militants derail train in Pattani and burn tracks in Yala
Suspected insurgents derailed a train in Pattani and damaged rail tracks in Yala on Monday. The act injured at least 20 passengers.
In Pattani, the insurgents derailed a train that forced suspension of services in the area. The passenger train left a station in Yala province in the morning before it derailed near a station in Pattani's Kok Pho district. Three passenger carriages carrying about 200 people left the track and slid into the verge, slightly injuring 20 people. Police blamed the incident on the insurgents. Police said they loosened a three-metre section of track in the district, sending the train off the tracks. The derailing resulted in suspending of service to Pattani and Sungai Kolok indefinitely. In separate attack, the insurgents damaged part of a railway track in Yala on Monday morning, prompting the railway service to be suspended. Officials found at 6.50am that the insurgents had removed 28 bolts that pinned the track and set fire to wooden railway bridge between Ban Taseh and Ban Klongsai stations in Muang district. The fire caused minor damages to the bridge. The service was suspended pending the repair of the section of the track. The Nation
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