Death Toll of Security Personnel in Southern Conflict Doubles in 2013

Military and police killed  from  southern conflicts are more than double that is from  60 in the year  2012 to 129 in the year 2013  , despite the series of peace talks with BRN and the truce in the month of Ramadan, according to a police report.

The numbers of  267 deaths both officials and civilians due to separatist violence in 2013, 93 were soldiers;36 were police rangers and marines; 132 were civilians; five were teachers and one was a monk, said the report by the Police Operational Center in the Southern Provinces. Rising toll are also the among militants 51 militants were killed, which was more than the previous year's unspecified figure due to an increase in raids and blockades to 45 occasions, which saw 18 of them killed after firefights.

In 2012, the death toll was 21 police, 39 military personnel and 223 civilians, with no details about other people, according to the Police Operational Center.

There were 1,539 incidents as of December 23, up from 1,465. They were broken down into 514 shootings, 87 arson attacks, three brutal murders, eight assaults, 24 ambushes, 714 disturbances of the peace and one protest.

Injuries were inflicted on 70 police officers, 352 military personnel, 265 civilians and eight teachers, for a total of 695 cases. 

At present , fake bombs were planted every where  in the conflict area of south, likely by insurgents intent on causing a commotion. . 

In many  locations, banners  made from clothe and sheets of paper with "Patani Merdeka" (Independence to Patani) written on them  hung  and places in  a  high places every where in the conflict area of 4 southern border provinces.