2017 Pattani bombing
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| 2017 Pattani bombing | |
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| Part of the South Thailand Insurgency | |
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| Location | 6°51′43″N 101°13′53″E / 6.862048°N 101.231419°E Pattani, Pattani Province, Thailand |
| Date | 9 May 2017 02:50 PM Thailand time (UTC+07:00) |
| Target | Civilians |
Attack type | Car bomb |
| Weapon | Improvised explosive device |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 80 (4 seriously) |
| Perpetrators | Barisan Revolusi Nasional (suspected) |
On 9 May 2017, two bombs exploded at a Big C supermarket in Pattani, Thailand. 56 people were injured, two seriously. Two men, alleged by police to be Pattani Muslim separatists, were convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the attack.
The attack took place around 2:50 PM Thai time (07:50 UTC) on 10 May with the detonation of a bomb on a motorcycle near the entrance at the Big C supermarket.[1] 10 minutes later, a second blast a larger and more powerful explosion outside the building entrance, from pickup truck carrying two gas cylinders with explosives weighing about 100 kg.[2]
56 people were injured, four seriously including a child, and no deaths were reported.[1] Most of the wounded received treatment at the scene, but 21 people were taken to hospital with serious injuries.[3][4][5][6]
The same shopping centre had been bombed twice before, in 2005 and 2012.[7]