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SOUTH CRISIS
Separatists steal 50 guns during Wednesday attack
By The Nation
Separatist militants who launched a fatal attack on an army task force unit in Narathiwat on Wednesday night have stolen about 50 guns and 4,000 rounds of ammunition.
A forensic team inspected at the scene on Thursday and found that four army buildings and a motorcycle had been burned to the ground. The weapons stolen included M16 rifles and 11mm pistols as well as 4,000 rounds of ammunition.
The team collected about 700 cartridges for the M16 and AK47 rifles as well as those for 9 millimetre and 11 millimetre pistols.
So far 300 army personnel have been deployed to hunt down the attackers, who are believed to have retreated into the Budo mountains behind the unit.
The attack killed one officer and three soldiers, named as unit commander Captain Krit Kampirayarn, Corporal Abduloh Tayee, Sgt Tevarat Kawva and Private Prawit Chuklin.
This attack was considered one of the boldest moves by the separatists in a long time.
The militants charged through the front gate the only entry into the Task Force 38 camp and started firing, catching the troops off guard, a senior officer recounted.
It is estimated that at least 20 armed men were behind the attack.
Rangae district, where Task Force 38 is situated, is the district north of Cho Ai Rong, where scores of Malay Muslim separatists raided the Fourth Pattana Battalion on January 4, 2004 and made off with about 350 weapons.
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SOUTH CRISIS
Separatists steal 50 guns during Wednesday attack
By The Nation
Separatist militants who launched a fatal attack on an army task force unit in Narathiwat on Wednesday night have stolen about 50 guns and 4,000 rounds of ammunition.
A forensic team inspected at the scene on Thursday and found that four army buildings and a motorcycle had been burned to the ground. The weapons stolen included M16 rifles and 11mm pistols as well as 4,000 rounds of ammunition.
The team collected about 700 cartridges for the M16 and AK47 rifles as well as those for 9 millimetre and 11 millimetre pistols.
So far 300 army personnel have been deployed to hunt down the attackers, who are believed to have retreated into the Budo mountains behind the unit.
The attack killed one officer and three soldiers, named as unit commander Captain Krit Kampirayarn, Corporal Abduloh Tayee, Sgt Tevarat Kawva and Private Prawit Chuklin.
This attack was considered one of the boldest moves by the separatists in a long time.
The militants charged through the front gate the only entry into the Task Force 38 camp and started firing, catching the troops off guard, a senior officer recounted.
It is estimated that at least 20 armed men were behind the attack.
Rangae district, where Task Force 38 is situated, is the district north of Cho Ai Rong, where scores of Malay Muslim separatists raided the Fourth Pattana Battalion on January 4, 2004 and made off with about 350 weapons.
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