Terror Attack Catalogue

Date: May 26th, 2010
Method: Motorcycle Bombs
Location: Yala, Thailand
Death Toll: 2
Injury Toll: 55+
Perpetrators: Unconfirmed (accused Islamic Insurgents)

Channel News Asia explains:

The rebellion across the southern provinces by a shadowy band of separatist Islamists fighting for greater autonomy in the area bordering Malaysia has left more than 4,100 people dead.

There have been fewer attacks recently in the south because insurgents knew their cause had been overshadowed by two months of deadly anti-government protests in Bangkok, said analyst Srisompob Jitpiromya at Deep South Watch.
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The region was an autonomous Malay Muslim sultanate until it was annexed in 1902 by mainly Buddhist Thailand and tensions have bubbled there ever since, escalating into the current insurgency in January 2004.

Successive governments have struggled to contain the unrest in the southern provinces, where emergency rule has been imposed for nearly five years.

Rights groups have however blamed the continued state of emergency for encouraging a culture of impunity for alleged rights abuses by the security forces.