Incident Summary:

05/29/2007: A homemade bomb targeting the High Season Hotel in Hat Yai, Thailand failed to damage its target or injure anyone. No one has taken responsibility for the attack.

GTD ID:
200705290004

When:
2007-05-29

Country:
Thailand

Region:
Southeast Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Songkhla

City:
Hat Yai

Location Details:
High Season Hotel

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) No
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Business
Name of Entity Unknown
Specific Description High Season Hotel
Nationality of Target Thailand
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Unknown Explosive Type
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Additional Information The homemade bomb was thrown at the hotel from a motorcycle missing the target.
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
“Hotel bombed as Thai unrest creeps into fourth province,” Agence France Presse, May 29, 2007.
“Xinhua Told: Bombs Rock Thai Southern City,” Beijing Xinhua, May 29, 2007.
“Thailand: Teenagers Throw Bomb Into Ditch at Hat Yai Hotel 29 May; None Injured,” Bangkok Bangkok Post, May 29, 2007.