Colonel Yutthanam Phetmaung, deputy spokesman for the Internal Security Operations Command Region 4 Front Command, said after initial interrogation, three of the 14 suspects were found to be linked to the hospital raid, three were found linked to the bomb attack on three military officers and another four linked to the assault of a security officials' base. The last two attacks occurred on March 13.
The rest of the suspects were allegedly found involved in the January 30, 2013 bombing of a team of patrolling soldiers, the April 29, 2013 gun attack on Joh I Rong soldiers and the September 13, 2015 motorcycle bomb in Ra-ngae district. They are also believed to have harboured other insurgents. The suspects are under detention at Army camps pending further interrogation.