Gunmen fire on train in Pattani

The Yala-Bangkok passenger train was attacked by gunmen near tambon Na Pradu in Pattani’s Kok Pho district about 1.40pm on Friday, but there were no injuries, Pol Lt-Col Nukul Thanirat, chief of Na Pradu police station, said.

Officials of rail union at Hat Yai office coordinated with the officers of the Internal Security Operations Command’s Region 4 (South) in requesting more security forces for several other passenger trains scheduled to run from deep South to Bangkok late this afternoon.