Insurgent suspect shot dead in Narathiwat raid
An alleged insurgent was shot dead and a soldier was injured in a gunfight in Narathiwat's Rusoh district early Saturday morning, while four closed-circuit TV cameras were torched in Yala's Raman district in a separate incident.
The Internal Security Operation Command’s Division 4 Special Operations chief Colonel Thanit Saengchan said yesterday he led a group of 60 soldiers to inspect a house in Ban Poo village in Tambon Rusoh in Narathiwat’s Rusoh district, after a tip that a group of insurgents stayed there.
While inspecting the house, the suspected insurgents fired at the soldiers, triggering a gunfight that lasted 10 minutes. The insurgents fled into the forest before firing upon the soldiers again, injuring Sub-Lieutenant Suksan Chandhorn in the chest.
After the gunfight, Yamalee Hayeebaga, 45, was found shot dead, with bullet wounds to his body and head. A .38 handgun was found near his body. Yamalee was a member of the RKK insurgents led by Isama-ae Rayalong. Yamalee had reportedly trained insurgents and was allegedly involved in the killing of Masalee Zorlama, an employer who participated in an urgent-employment project in the region, on April 11, 2008.
