2019 Yala attack

On 6 November 2019, fifteen people were killed and another five injured in an attack on a security checkpoint in Yala Province, Thailand.^[10] Among the dead and injured were a police officer and many village defense volunteers.^[11] A total of ten men and five women died in the attack, making it the largest loss of village defense forces in a single attack during the South Thailand insurgency.

2019 Yala attack
Location	Fortress Village Security Pack, Lam Phaya Sub-district Mueang Yala District, Yala Province, Thailand[1]
Date	5 November 2019 22:20[2][3] (UTC+07:00)
Target	Village volunteers[4]
Attack type	Mass shooting, grenade attack[5]
Weapons	BRN side:  • AK[3]  • M16 rifle[3]  • Shotgun[3]  • Grenade[6]  • M79 grenade launcher[6] Village defense volunteers side:  • M16 rifle[7]  • Shotgun[7]  • Handgun[7]
Deaths	15[6]
Injured	7 (including two perpetrators)[2][4][8][9]
Perpetrators	BRN side[5]
Defenders	Village defense volunteers

The attack resulted in the looting of eight guns that the victims possessed, including one M16, two shotguns, and five pistols. To disrupt the efforts of the officers tracking them, the attackers had sprinkled tire spikes, cut down trees, and burned tires on roads during the attack.