Qualla: 2017 Pattani Bombing https://qualla.com/2017-pattani-bombing en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: 2017 Pattani Bombing https://qualla.com/2017-pattani-bombing 2017 Pattani Bombing: Introduction https://qualla.com/2017-pattani-bombing/ At 2:50 in the afternoon on May 9, 2017, shoppers at the Big C supermarket in Pattani were doing what shoppers everywhere do: comparing prices, filling carts, checking phones. Then a motorcycle bomb detonated near the entrance. Minutes later, a second blast followed. Fifty-six people were injured, four of them critically, including a child. No one died that day, but the attack shattered something less visible than glass and concrete: the illusion that daily life in Thailand's deep south could proceed as normal.

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/1/p/z/2017-pattani-bombing-wp/w1pz-2017-pattani-bombing-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full 2017 Pattani Bombing: A Conflict Most of the World Ignores https://qualla.com/2017-pattani-bombing/ Pattani sits in the southernmost reaches of Thailand, a region where the population is predominantly Malay Muslim in a country that is overwhelmingly Thai Buddhist. The South Thailand insurgency has simmered since the early 2000s, though its roots reach back to 1902 when the hist...

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