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Slain insurgent suspected of multiple past attacks on government troops
By k on February 7, 2010
NARATHIWAT, Feb 7 (TNA) - An insurgent killed during in a sustained exchange of gunfire with a combined force of provincial rangers and soldiers in the violence-plagued southern province of Narathiwat on Saturday was involved in attacking a school bus and army bases in the past.
Thirty-five-year-old Korseng Ahamad, a leading member of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) insurgent group which operates in the restive South, was shot dead while five other militants were able to withdraw after combined government forces attacked their makeshift shelter on a mountain in Ruso district.
One of the escaping militants was wounded, officials said.
According to the authorities, Mr. Korseng was a suspect in attacking on a school bus, raiding a ranger camp at which three rangers were wounded and assaulting army bases in the area several times in the past.
Soldiers, rangers and tracking dogs are now searching for the five insurgents who escaped during the attack. (TNA)
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