An umbrella organisation of insurgents in Thailand’s restive Deep South has insisted it was not involved in a recent bomb attack that killed a 4-year-old girl and her father.
On 9 July 2016, the group Mara Patani posted on its official Facebook page Facebook page a statement condemning the bomb attacks. The bombing had occurred three day earlier at a school in the Tak Bai district, in the Deep South province of Narathiwat. The statement insisted that Mara Patani was not at all involved in the attack.
Mara Patani is an umbrella network representing insurgents in the Deep South of Thailand. The network is engaged in the process of initiating peace talk with the Thai government.
The statement also urged the government to search seriously for the bombers, adding that Mara Patani strongly supported non-violent methods and peace talks with the Thai government.
This statement was translated from Malay into Thai by Hara Shintaro and first published by Matichon Online.
