Source of the false report is from Facebook
Screenshot of a misleading post falsely claiming a factory bombing in Narathiwat.
A Cambodian outlet, Fresh News TV, posted a video on 18 August 2025 with the caption in Khmer: “Southern Thai rebels launched a bomb attack on a factory in Narathiwat.” The post was accompanied by an image of a damaged building. Google Lens checks revealed the image was from a car bomb attack on a police apartment in Narathiwat municipality on 22 November 2022.
Screenshot shows the image matches the 2022 car bomb at the Narathiwat police apartment.
Further comparison with Google Maps confirmed the building in the photo was indeed the police apartment on Suriyapradit Road, Narathiwat municipality, not a factory as claimed.
Top image shows a screenshot from the false post claiming a factory bombing in Narathiwat. Bottom image shows the 22 November 2022 car bomb at Narathiwat police apartment from Thai PBS and Google Maps.
Narathiwat attack differs from misleading images
The real incident in Narathiwat was different. According to Tichila Phutthasaraphan, head of Thai PBS’s Southern News Center, on the night of 15 August 2025, more than ten armed men attacked a biomass power plant owned by Fire’s of Wood Green Energy Co., Ltd., located at 43–44 Ban Sala Uma, Moo 9, KayuKla Subdistrict, Waeng Distric. They set fire to a backhoe and a six-wheel truck parked inside the compound, and three explosions were heard before the attackers fled. The misleading image had nothing to do with this event; it was spliced from older, unrelated incidents.
Tichila Phutthasaraphan, head of Thai PBS’s Southern News Center
