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The 6 small bombings in Bangkok today have no ties to the insurgency in the #DeepSouth, that has its very own bombings. There were 11 incidents of violence in July, leading to 9 dead and 21 wounded. 
This was a sharp spike from June, which saw only 3 casualties (2 killed & 1 wounded in only 2 incidents of violence, a bombing and a shooting).
There were 5 IED attacks, as well as an attack on a hardened security post that used either grenades or small pipe bombs (conflicting reports). All IEDs were on rural roads targeting security forces (1 killed, 15 wounded).
Still, the first 7 months of 2019 have the lowest number of IED or attempted IED attacks on a monthly basis (5.83).
Targeted assassinations remained low (3). In addition there were 2 attacks on hardened security outposts & 2 prolonged firefights with security forces.
Of the 9 killed in July, 7 (78%) were security forces (1 soldier, q ranger, 5 village defense volunteers). Of the 21 wounded, 19 (91%) were sec forces (13 rangers, 6 VDVs). Clearly militants stepped up attacks on govt forces, esp in response to torture of a suspected suspect.
