Twenty southern bandits planted five bombs at a power plant in Mae Lan District, causing severe damage.

At 11:30 p.m. on April 25, Police Lieutenant Colonel Natee Meesuksri, investigating officer, Mae Lan Police Station, Pattani Province, was informed that an unknown number of assailants, armed with weapons, broke in and captured workers. before setting fire and bombing inside the power plant Pracharat Biomass Mae Lan Company It is located along the Yala-Pattani Road, Village No. 7, Pa Rai Subdistrict, Mae Lan District. After being notified, they quickly coordinated the joint force unit in the area to go to the scene along with Mr. Chaiyaporn Niyomkaew, Deputy Governor of Pattani Province, Mr. Ekkasit. Song Mueang, Mae Lan District Chief, Pol. Col. Somyot Sombatmak, Superintendent.

Upon arrival, officials found a number of factory workers. who escaped death and took refuge on the roadside in front of the factory. And it was also found that there was a fire occurring inside the factory. Therefore, a fire truck and officials were coordinated to put out the incident. Upon entering, we found that it was inside the factory. There was a fire in the area of ​​the wood storage building and cars. Therefore, they urgently mobilized to spray water. because they feared that the fuel would spread to nearby areas which is a machine It took crews 30 minutes to bring the fire under control.

From the inspection, it was found that the wood-chop fuel storage building was damaged. Two sedans and a worker’s motorcycle were damaged. In addition, the culprits secretly planted bombs in several other places causing heavy damage, including: 1. Water treatment building 2. Control room (DCS) 3. Turbine installation point 4. Air compressor Section 5. Wood-chop fuel storage building Warehouse was set on fire. Initial damage is more than 27 million baht.

Investigation before the incident revealed that while 7 workers were guarding the electricity generator inside the factory and 2 security guards were guarding the entrance to the factory. There were 10 assailants wearing robes who came from behind the factory which was in the woods, and another 10 people came from the front. Used weapons of war to threaten all the workers to lie on the ground and shout, “I will plant 10 bombs in the factory.” The culprit then brought several improvised explosive devices in picnic gas tanks, each weighing 10 kg. Distributed and placed within various rooms. Some criminals committed arson. During that time, the culprits chased all the workers out of the factory. Everyone ran for their lives without thinking. Likewise, the criminals immediately ran away from the factory after the operation, until at 12:30 a.m., 5 explosions occurred.

However, after examining the CCTV footage It was found that during the incident all cameras were off. Previously, all CCTV cameras were working. As for the criminals secretly planting bombs at all 5 locations, it is noted that It’s like the criminals know which parts of the factory should be attacked which are important machines and systems of the factory. Initially, officials believed that some of the criminals might have worked. Or there may be someone inside who is aware of this incident. which has collected various witnesses To check for connections to what group the criminals who committed the crime were. And which people are they related to?

Mr. Je Ma-ae, head of security, told the story of the incident. About 20 assailants came, all armed, and grabbed the workers and threatened them to keep quiet. As for the criminals coming from the mountains and forest behind the factory Threaten the worker to lie on the ground. before sending the workers out The assailants then set fire to the worker’s parked white car. and went in to plant the bomb. After about 10 minutes, there were about 5 explosions. But before this, the criminal said there were 10 bombs. As for himself, he could not see the criminal’s face because he was afraid and did not dare to look at his face. Because there were some workers who were also held at gunpoint. But luckily everyone is safe.

“The culprits planted a bomb in the area where the generator was. and various important parts in the factory, it’s like the villain knows where to explode. Previously, there was nothing unusual. This factory is Pracharat Biomass factory. Burning rubber wood It has only been operating for 6 months and the workers are local people.”

Mr. Arun Phongkhongchan, one of the workers who were robbed by the attackers Tell the thrilling story that At that time the machine was working. It appeared that a criminal broke in and shouted for everyone to kneel on the ground. Still not knowing what to do At that time there were three people. The assailant had his face covered and everyone had a gun. He shouted for himself and his friends to come downstairs. Then quickly leave the factory without harming anything After a while, I heard about 5 explosions. To be honest, I was very scared. I had been working here for over a year and didn’t think something would happen. Working in other power plants, I have never encountered anything like this. Will I continue working here? You’ll have to think about it again.