The attackers also took five assault rifles and munitions from the outpost’s armoury, where a dud hand grenade was found and a homemade bomb was defused. The wounded people have undergone surgery and are now safe. Those killed were identified as Boreheng Yusho and Asran Abu.
Rusoh district police said there were three teams of ten insurgents each participating in the attack – with one team attacking the outpost, another blocking a nearby police station to stop officers from helping the victims while the last group bringing down several trees to block a road.