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Rangers kill alleged insurgent in gun battle in Narathiwat

By Narong Nuansakul 
The Nation 
Narathiwat 

 

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People stand and watch whilst Thai police inspect the body of a suspected militant after a gunfight with Thai rangers in the Rueso district of Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on October 30, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / MADAREE TOHLALA

 

NARATHIWAT: -- A SUSPECTED leading member of the armed insurgency group the RKK was shot dead during a gunfight with the military in Narathiwat’s Rusoh district early yesterday, authorities said.

 

The clash broke out at about 3.50am after rangers surrounded the house where insurgent suspect Mahama Maeroh, 29, was hiding.


“The exchange of gunfire lasted more than 10 minutes. After the gunshots stopped, we found Mahama was dead,” 46th Rangers Regiment commander Colonel Pasit Charnlekha said. 

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30298767

 
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