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| Thai rangers seize insurgent mountain camp |
| 2014-02-12 |
| [Bangkok Post] Military rangers on Monday said they had raided an operations base belonging to Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) militants, seizing materials that could have been used to make at least 30 homemade bombs. Troops from the 45th Ranger Regiment clashed with a group of RKK insurgents on Sunday afternoon and later seized their mountain camp. The camp consisted of 11 huts, one of which contained a military sand table believed to be used for planning attacks. Intelligence reports said the camp was being used as a meeting place by key insurgency leaders active in Rangae, Chanae and Cho Airong districts of Narathiwat province. Col Rungroj Anantato, commander of the regiment, said militants at the camp are thought to have been planning to launch attacks in the three southern border provinces on Feb 13, to avenge the death of 16 insurgents killed in a failed attack on a marine base on the same day last year. The slain insurgents included key insurgency suspect Maroso Chantrawadee. |
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