Southern Violence
See also: South Thailand insurgencyAs the major economic center of lower Southern Thailand, Hat Yai has increasingly become a target of terrorism in the separatist campaign conducted by the Pattani United Liberation Organization and similar radical groups.
On April 3, 2005, bomb attacks were carried out at a Carrefour department store and Hat Yai International Airport, killing two and injuring dozens.
On September 16, 2006 a series of bomb attacks killed four and injured more than 70. No group has claimed responsibility, local separatists are presumed to be responsible.
On March 31, 2012, a car bomb exploded in the Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel, killing at least 5 and injuring hundreds. Both Thai nationals and Malaysian tourists were among the victims. The Royal Thai Army believes that members of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) group carried out the terrorist attack.
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