'Thailand is safe for all' - Thai govt beefs up security and assures safety after recent attacks in southern provinces


Thailand's Commander of the 4th Army Region Lieutenant General Paisan Nusang (centre) and officials inspect the site of an attack that killed two defence volunteers and injured 12 others, outside the district office of Sungai Kolok in the southern Thailand province of Narathiwat on March 9, 2025. -- Photo by Madaree TOHLALA / AFP)

BANGKOK (Bernama): Thailand’s Defence Ministry has assuredon Sunday (March 9) that security agencies will do their utmost to ensure the safety of the people in southern Thailand following multiple bombing and shooting incidents on Saturday evening.

Ministry’s spokesperson Maj. Gen. Thanathip Sawangsang said that Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai expressed his deepest condolences to the families of officials and civilians who lost their lives in the violent incidents on the evening of March 8.

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