Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul convened an urgent meeting with senior security officials on Sunday following 51 coordinated incidents overnight in the southernmost provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala — three Muslim-majority provinces in predominantly Buddhist Thailand where a long-running separatist insurgency has claimed nearly 8,000 lives since 2004. The attacks, which involved small bombs, arson, and property damage including the burning of a 7-Eleven store in Pattani and a rail-track explosion that suspended train services in Narathiwat, left three civilians wounded; attackers avoided direct confrontation with security forces. No group claimed responsibility, though such attacks are widely attributed to the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu Patani (BRN), the main insurgent group seeking self-rule for the region and a current partner in intermittent peace talks with Bangkok, with analysts suggesting the violence is intended to demonstrate leverage at the negotiating table.