Officials were alerted to the bus incident at about 2.30pm. When they rushed to scene, they found the double-decker bus belonging to the Siam Dernrod company on fire and firefighters trying to extinguish the blaze. While the bus was on Road No 410 in Bannang Sata district, the driver was forced to stop after seeing burning tyres on the road. The men poured petrol on the bus before setting it on fire and then fled on foot to the nearby forest. Officials said that before yesterday’s torching of the bus, militants staged minor attacks in other areas in the district in part to distract officials, including creating roadblocks with trees and setting fire to houses.

Source: The Nation Bangkok December 17, 2017 18:00 UTC