Rifle recovered in Yala raid belongs to sergeant killed in July
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An assault rifle seized during a police raid in a remote area of Yala on Wednesday belonged a police sergeant who was killed in an ambush in this deep south province in July, a police investigator source said Thursday.
The raid in Raman district resulted in deaths of two suspected insurgents, Mana Masaejuenarong, 35 and Usaman Waree, 26. Police seized the M4 rifle and two 9mm handguns from the scene. Two police officers were wounded during the raid.
The source said examination of the rifle, identified by the number A 0249726, belonged to Pol Sgt Wichanon Nampakdee, one of five policemen killed in an attack while patrolling and providing safety for teachers of a school in Tambon Wangpaya, Raman district on July 25.
Mana was a Narathiwat native with outstanding arrest warrants issued for security cases.
He was alleged to have been involved in many insurgent attacks, including the killing of three Army Rangers, and wounding a number of soldiers in shooting attacks.
The Wednesday raid took place after receiving a tip that Mana was hiding there, plotting a new attack.
After an hour of gunfire between officials and insurgents at an unnumbered house in rural Raman, Abdulrorse Dengsamae, 56, surrendered to the police.
