A senior member of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) Police yesterday surrounded a house in Raman district, following information that Madaree Tayae, a most-wanted suspect, was hiding in the house along with other
About 9:30 a.m., police from a special operations unit, taskforce soldiers and volunteer military rangers went to the house where they blocked the mens' escape route. Both sides exchanged gunfire and two more soldiers were wounded in the battle.
After a clash lasting more than three hours, the policemen entered the house and found the body of a man later identified as Madaree. The other
Madaree was a key figure of the RKK's operations under insurgent chief Mazawe Kama. He was thought responsible for a series of attacks in Raman district, including an ambush of military rangers in 1998 that killed four, and arson attacks in 2005.
Madaree provided arms training to local
In Pattani province, three members of a military teacher protection unit were injured in a bomb blast while on patrol in Mayo district yesterday.