Overview
- Explosions ignited fuel pumps at stations across Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala within about 40 minutes after midnight, the army said.
- Four people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries: a police officer in Narathiwat and a firefighter plus two station workers in Pattani, according to officials.
- The army’s southern commander ordered security raised to the maximum level at checkpoints and along border areas following the blasts.
- Authorities reported no arrests and no claim of responsibility, and investigators are reviewing CCTV and other evidence from the scenes.
- Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said security agencies view the coordinated strikes as a signal tied to local administrative elections, not a conventional insurgent escalation.