Region 4’s forward command said there were 12 attacks in Pattani, seven in Yala, nine in Narathiwat and three in Songkhla.

Pattani was hardest hit, the actions causing electrical blackouts in several parts of the province. Officials said four insurgents riding two motorcycles planted a bomb in front of Ban Pareh School in Mueang district and detonated it soon after, while a second, unexploded bomb was found later.

Militants also detonated three bombs and set tyres aflame in front of a college in Nong Chik district and burned tyres and used explosives to damage utility poles in various locations in Yaran and Yarang districts.

In Yala, three power poles were damaged with homemade bombs, in the village of Joh Bantang and in Bannang Sata district. A power transformer in front of the Bannang Sata tambon office was torched and tyres and a power pole were set alight in three villages in Thanto district.

In Pattani, forward command said, there were two bomb attacks in Sungai Kolo district, three in Tak Bai, two in Ru Soh and one each in Waeng and Bacho districts.

In Songkhla the assailants torched tyres in front of a rubber plant in Chana district and burned down utility poles in two Saba Yoi district villages.