Piyawat Aquanet
Thai police have declared wanted 10 Muslim extremists because of their possible involvement in the attack. About it reports Reuters referring to the statement of the armed forces of the country.
“We think that the explosion in car had a hand in 10 people, maybe more,” — said Lieutenant-General Piyawat Aquanet (Piyawat Nakwanit).
9 may in the Thai city of Pattani exploded a car bomb — attack injured 60 people and destroyed the facade of the supermarket. According to safety experts, it was the largest scale attack on civilian targets in ten years.
Three regions of Thailand, located on the border with Malaysia — Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat — is populated mainly by Muslims. The confrontation between local Islamists and the Central government has continued for more than a decade.