2019 Yala attack explained

2019 Yala attack
Location:	Fortress Village Security Pack, Lam Phaya Sub-district Mueang Yala District, Yala Province, Thailand^[1]
Target:	Village volunteers^[2]
Date:	5 November 2019
Time:	22:20^[3] ^[4]
Type:	Mass shooting, grenade attack^[5]
Fatalities:	15^[6]
Injuries:	7 (including two perpetrators)^[7] ^[8]
Perps:	BRN side
Weapons:	BRN side AK M16 rifle Shotgun Grenade M79 grenade launcher Village defense volunteers side: M16 rifle^[9] Shotgun Handgun
Dfens:	Village defense volunteers

On 6 November 2019, fifteen people were killed and another five injured in an attack on a security checkpoint in Yala Province, Thailand.^[10] Among the dead and injured were a police officer and many village defense volunteers.^[11] A total of ten men and five women died in the attack, making it the largest loss of village defense forces in a single attack during the South Thailand insurgency.

The attack resulted in the looting of eight guns that the victims possessed, including one M16, two shotguns, and five pistols. To disrupt the efforts of the officers tracking them, the attackers had sprinkled tire spikes, cut down trees, and burned tires on roads during the attack.

Notes and References

1. Web site: สะเทือนใจ 'ลูกสาวเหยื่อโจรใต้' เผยทั้งน้ำตา สูญเสียพ่อ-แม่จากเหตุยิงถล่มป้อมชรบ.ยะลา. November 6, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200926063442/https://www.matichon.co.th/region/news_1743091. September 26, 2020.
2. Web site: แม่ทัพ 4 สั่งปรับแผนห้ามเฝ้าป้อม-นอนฐาน - ปากคำชาวบ้านคนร้ายมีสาหัส. November 6, 2019. สำนักข่าวอิศรา. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509214204/https://www.isranews.org/content-page/67-south-slide/82240-bigdave-82240.html. May 9, 2021.
3. Web site: ส่งสุนัขสงครามตามรอยเลือด! คาดโจรใต้ชุดถล่ม “ชรบ.ต.ลำพะยา” บาดเจ็บสาหัส 1-2 ราย. November 6, 2019. mgronline.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20191226061655/https://mgronline.com/south/detail/9620000106530. December 26, 2019.
4. Web site: ยะลาเดือด! พลีชีพ 15 ศพ คนร้ายบุกถล่มป้อม ชรบ.. November 6, 2019. ThaiQuote. https://web.archive.org/web/20200913030836/https://www.thaiquote.org/content/228513. September 13, 2020.
5. Web site: สรุปเหตุยิงสังหารหมู่15ศพยะลา ฝีมือแนวร่วมบีอาร์เอ็น. November 7, 2019. dailynews. https://web.archive.org/web/20200913030218/https://www.dailynews.co.th/crime/740375. September 13, 2020.
6. Web site: เผย ชรบ.ลำพะยา ยิงสู้จนกระสุนหมด ลูกสาวหลั่งน้ำตา สูญเสียทั้งพ่อแม่. November 6, 2019. www.thairath.co.th. https://web.archive.org/web/20211205121813/https://www.thairath.co.th/news/local/south/1698540. December 5, 2021.
7. Web site: หน่วยความมั่นคงฯ คาด คนร้ายยิงถล่มป้อมลำพะยา เพราะแก้แค้น! - ejan . 2020-02-09 . 2019-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191224054206/https://www.ejan.co/news/5dc29f1453b7c . dead .
8. Web site: คนร้ายไม่ทราบจำนวนยิงถล่มป้อม ชรบ.ตำบลลำพะยา อ.เมืองยะลา เสียชีวิต 15 ราย ก่อนปล้นอาวุธปืนหลบหนี! . 2020-02-09 . 2019-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191224054204/https://www.ejan.co/news/5dc23438efa6f . dead .
9. Web site: ยิงถล่มป้อม ชรบ. 3 จุดที่ยะลา ปล้นปืน 8 กระบอก ชรบ.เสียชีวิต 15 คน บาดเจ็บ 4 คน. November 6, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200913020137/https://www.thereporters.co/deepsouth/%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A1-%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9A-3-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A2/. September 13, 2020.
10. Web site: Gunmen kill 15 in southern Thailand. 7 November 2019. 7 November 2019. British Broadcasting Corporation. https://web.archive.org/web/20221011210105/https://bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50312920. October 11, 2022.
11. Web site: Over a dozen killed in attack in Thailand's Yala province. 7 November 2019. 7 November 2019. Aljazeera. https://web.archive.org/web/20230524214427/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/6/over-a-dozen-killed-in-attack-in-thailands-yala-province. May 24, 2023.