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Southeast Asia
Wanted Thai terrorist killed in gun battle
2012-04-22
A member of the RKK terrorist separatist group was killed and one policeman injured in a firefight with government forces early Sunday morning at a village in Narathiwat province.

The dead terrorist militant was identified as Tuwaedunan Nima, an RKK member wanted under an arrest warrant dated June 30, 2009 on charges of attempted murder, resisting arrest and violating the emergency decree.

The firefight took place at about 5:30 a.m. after Pol Maj-Gen Suchart Thirasawat, deputy police inspector-general, and Lt-Col Thanit Saengchan, deputy commander of the 46th Rangers Regiment, led a combined police-military unit to lay siege to a house on a tip-off that Tuwaedunan was hiding there.

Upon being told to surrender, the suspect climbed up on the roof of the house and began shooting. An exchange of gunfire followed. During the gun battle, Tuwaedunan threw an M67 hand grenade at the authorities. Pol Cpl Surasak Chandaeng was injured in the grenade explosion.

Tuwaedunan was during the firefight. His body was found on the roof of the house with a .38 pistol in his hand. A cloth bag containing a number of .38's and M16 ammunition was also recovered near the body.
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