Terrorism in Thailand

The risk of terrorist attacks in Thailand over the past years can be classified as average. Over the past 5 years a total number of 1428 terrorist incidents has been recorded, in which 648 people have been killed and 2593 injured.

In 15 incedents a total of 29 people have been kidnapped or taken as hostage.

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Most frequent attack targets in Thailand

(2012 to 2016)

Target	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Private citizens	317	196	739	4
Police	305	169	554	0
Business	271	102	903	7
Government	211	109	142	14
Educational institution	151	67	215	6
Military	134	67	354	0
Utilities	100	1	35	0
Telecommunication	30	0	0	0
Transportation	28	8	77	0
Religious institutions	24	40	157	0

Most affected regions

(2012 to 2016)

Region	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Pattani	476	221	676	11
Narathiwat	455	189	595	13
Yala	306	154	440	4
Bangkok	72	30	298	0
Songkhla	49	36	493	1
Nonthaburi	12	1	4	0
Phuket	7	1	1	0
Phangnga	5	1	0	0
Nakhon Pathom	5	1	0	0
Pathum Thani	4	1	0	0
Prachuap Khiri Khan	4	2	24	0
Chiang Mai	4	0	4	0
Surat Thani	3	1	10	0
Chon Buri	2	0	0	0
Krabi	2	0	1	0
Tak	2	0	2	0
Nan	2	0	0	0
Rayong	2	0	4	0
Udon Thani	2	1	1	0
Trat	1	2	30	0

Terrorist organisations in Thailand

Organisation	Attacks	Killed	Injured
United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship	3	21	128
Yakariya Bango Insurgent Group	2	6	40
Aba Cheali Group	1	4	3
Ahmad Luebaesa Group	1	1	1

All information sourced from the "National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism" (START) and its Global Terrorism Database. An act of terrorism is concidered every incident which is aimed at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social goal, but not for pure profit motives. In addition these incidents must not be legitimized by warfare activities, listet in the Geneva Conventions of 1949.