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| Terrorist weapons cache seized in southern Thailand |
| 2011-12-21 |
| Thai security forces yesterday impounded a cache of weapons, ammunition and other Abdulromae Hare, a Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) member who surrendered after battling police on Monday, led a 100-man team of police and paramilitary rangers to the plantation. The team found four M16 rifles, an HK33 rifle, a carbine, more than 200 rounds of assorted ammunition, two bulletproof vests, 94 firecrackers, spare parts for various types of weapons, combat boots and canvas shoes and documents likely to be of use to Rueso police chief Col Sathanfa Wamasing said forensic tests showed some of the recovered weapons had been stolen from four soldiers who were killed in a clash on Sept 28 while escorting teachers to school. Abdulromae allegedly told police the items in the cache were to be used for attacks during the New Year holidays. In Pattani, four police officers yesterday clashed with two Meanwhile, army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha yesterday told forces in the deep South to tighten security during the lead-up to the New Year. Gen Prayuth was meeting with officers at the Internal Security Operations Command's base in Pattani's Yarang district. He also sought cooperation from local residents to keep an eye out for |
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