Thailand
Casualties
Casualties Overview
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All known casualties by end 2016 |
At least 3,852 casualties |
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Casualties in 2016 |
19 (2015: 9) |
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2016 casualties by outcome |
9 killed; 10 injured (2015: 4 killed; 5 injured) |
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2016 casualties by device type |
4 antipersonnel mine; 3 improvised mine (victim activated improvised explosive device, IED); 3 unspecified mine type; 9 explosive remnants of war (ERW) |
In 2016, the Monitor identified 19 mine/ERW casualties in the Kingdom of Thailand. Nine casualties were men, two were women, one was a girl, and seven were of unknown sex and age. Seventeen casualties were civilian and two casualties were deminers.[1]
The Thailand Mine Action Center (TMAC) recorded five casualties in 2016, five casualties in 2015, eight casualties in 2014, all casualties in 2013, 13 casualties in 2012, 24 casualties in 2011, and 23 casualties in 2010.[2] In 2016, casualties were also reported by the Thailand Civilian Deminer Association and identified through Monitor media scanning.
The most comprehensive casualty data collection for Thailand remains the Landmine Impact Survey (LIS), which identified at least 3,468 casualties as of May 2001 (1,497 killed; 1,971 injured).[3] From 1999 to the end of 2016, the Monitor recorded 732 mine/ERW casualties in Thailand: 50 people killed, 322 injured, and for 360 it was unknown if they survived. This number includes 384 casualties since 2002.[4]
[1] Information provided by Thailand Mine Action Center (TMAC), Bangkok, February 2017; and Monitor media scanning for calendar year 2016.