Terrorism in Thailand

The risk of terrorist attacks in Thailand over the past years can be classified as below average. Globally, the country took a less important role for terrorism so far. Over the past 5 years a total number of 1354 terrorist incidents has been recorded, in which 518 people have been killed and 1932 injured.

In 22 incedents a total of 43 people have been kidnapped or taken as hostage.

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Most frequent attack targets in Thailand

(2013 to 2017)

Target	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Private citizens	300	155	708	13
Police	296	144	500	0
Business	239	73	515	13
Government	185	85	113	17
Utilities	139	3	35	0
Educational institution	129	59	177	6
Military	115	56	305	0
Telecommunication	29	0	0	0
Transportation	24	4	32	0
Religious institutions	20	35	150	0

Most affected regions

(2013 to 2017)

Region	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Pattani	435	187	647	12
Narathiwat	431	146	422	18
Yala	287	114	348	6
Bangkok	76	30	327	0
Songkhla	56	25	95	7
Nonthaburi	12	1	4	0
Phuket	6	0	1	0
Nakhon Pathom	5	1	0	0
Surat Thani	4	1	10	0
Chiang Mai	4	0	4	0
Prachuap Khiri Khan	4	2	24	0
Phangnga	4	0	0	0
Pathum Thani	3	0	0	0
Tak	2	0	2	0
Chon Buri	2	0	0	0
Udon Thani	2	1	1	0
Rayong	2	0	4	0
Nan	2	0	0	0
Krabi	2	0	1	0
Trang	1	1	6	0

Terrorist organisations in Thailand

Organisation	Attacks	Killed	Injured
United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship	3	21	128
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.