Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Anutin Charnvirakul has instructed local authorities to urgently provide assistance to people affected by bomb and arson attacks on 11 petrol stations in Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat in the early hours of 11 January 2026.

As the security situation had been brought under control, the Narathiwat Task Force on 12 January issued an announcement lifting the previously imposed curfew prohibiting people in Narathiwat from leaving their homes between 21.00 and 05.00 hr, under the Martial Law Act B.E. 2457 (1914).

The decision is intended to allow local residents to continue their normal lives, ease inconveniences, boost local economic development, and promote tourism in the deep South.

According to the Internal Security Operations Forward Command of the Fourth Army Area, the Prime Minister ordered the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center (SBPAC) to assign its personnel to work closely with provincial and district officials to survey damaged property and speed up compensation for those affected, both local residents and entrepreneurs.  

SBPAC was told to periodically report progress of its operations in this matter to the Prime Minister, while security agencies were instructed to track down and arrest the perpetrators for prosecution as soon as possible. Moreover, all relevant agencies were ordered to restore confidence of people in and outside the deep South.  

The Internal Security Operations Forward Command of the Fourth Army Area stated that progress had been made on the tracking down of the perpetrators. It also condemned the violent acts, saying that these violations of the law threatened public safety, destroyed local economic infrastructure, and worsened the situation for local people as they only recently faced a flooding disaster.

Based on investigations, it is believed that the violent acts have been launched by those who have contrary views in the three southern border provinces.