Incident Summary:

09/29/2009: On Tuesday, gunmen broke into a house in an unspecified city in Pattani, Thailand, and shot two civilians to death. No group claimed responsibility. No damage was reported.

GTD ID:
200909290021

When:
2009-09-29

Country:
Thailand

Region:
Southeast Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Pattani

City:

Location Details:
The attack took place in a house in an unspecified city in the Pattani province.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property
Name of Entity Indiscriminate Civilians
Specific Description Muslim Civilians
Nationality of Target Thailand
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Firearms Unknown Gun Type
Weapon Details
Unknown firearms were used in the attack.
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) Yes
Alternate Designation (more) Other Crime Type
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 2 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 2
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
Straits Times, "Five Muslims Killed in Thai South," http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/SE%2BAsia/Story/STIStory_435812.html (September 29, 2009).
Agence France Presse, "Five Muslim Civilians Killed in Thai South: Police," http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9106326268&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T9106326271&cisb=22_T9106326270&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=10903&docNo=1 (September 29, 2009).