SOUTHERN VIOLENCE
POST REPORTERS
YALA :
Two members of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) insurgent group were killed in a gunfight with soldiers in Raman district of Yala yesterday. One of them was identified as Sunawa Yago, 28, a core leader of the group with a 500,000-baht bounty on his head. The other was not identified.
Police said the two men opened fire on the patrol, which shot back. None of the soldiers were injured. A .357 pistol and a 9mm pistol used by the insurgents in the gunfight were recovered.
In Raman district, a grocer was shot dead by a man posing as a customer at his shop yesterday.
The gunman also planted a bomb that was aimed at killing police called to the crime scene, but it was detected and defused in time.
In Bannang Sata district, a border defence volunteer was killed by a motorcycle pillion rider while on his way home yesterday. The gunman also took the volunteer's 11mm pistol.
In Muang district, two people were killed by a hand grenade hurled into a mosque yesterday.
In neighbouring Narathiwat, nine militant suspects, one a woman, were arrested in raids in Rueso, Rangae, Si Sakhon and Cho Airong districts.
Police seized materials believed to be used by the suspects in attacks on public places, including 50kg of metal spikes and PVC pipes. The nine suspects denied all the charges.
In Pattani, a suspected militant was killed and three soldiers wounded in an armed clash during a pre-dawn raid in Khok Pho district.
Another insurgent suspect was arrested and ammunition and a transceiver were seized.
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