Narathiwat, Officials shot dead a member of a violent group in Narathiwat Province after law enforcement officers tried to pressure him to surrender, but the group of perpetrators opened fire, injuring one officer.

Officers from the Southern Border Provinces Ranger Force, in conjunction with the Joint Special Operations Unit in Narathiwat Province, and officers from the 543rd Assault Battalion, Narathiwat Provincial Police Investigation Division, entered the area to enforce the law and search a house without a number in the Air Lakhor Village, Village 5, Chang Phueak Subdistrict, Chanae District, Narathiwat Province, which is located at the foot of a hill behind the village. Officers received a tip-off from a concerned citizen that a group of 6-7 suspects had moved in to stay there. Officers spread out to form a cordon before revealing themselves to have the members of the violent group surrender, but the group of members opened fire on officers, resulting in a series of clashes that lasted more than 10 minu
tes.

Injured Sergeant Major Wirasak Panso, age 32, a soldier in the 543rd Assault Battalion, who was shot once in the left hip. The 4th Army coordinated with a helicopter to take Sergeant Major Wirasak to Chanae Hospital for further treatment at Songkhlanagarind Hospital. In enforcing the law this time, some of the perpetrators took advantage of their familiarity with the area to escape into the forest behind a mountain, and the Commander of Provincial Police Region 9 ordered officials to be careful in clearing the area.

After checking the house, the body of Mr. Amri, 44 years old, a member of the violent group, was found dead. Near the body, there was a 9 mm pistol with bullets and belongings. Checking the history in the security case file did not find that he was a person with an arrest warrant. However, when checking Mr. Amri’s DNA, it matched the evidence that the officers seized the belongings of the perpetrators on the mountain behind Ban Tueng Ngo, Village 3, Tambon Si Banphot, Amphoe Si Sakhon, Nara
thiwat Province. At that time, the officers enforced the law with the members of the violent group on July 4, 67. It is expected that Mr. Amri was one of the members of the violent group who was able to escape. However, after the incident, the officers also sent a group of mountain range rangers to track down the perpetrators who escaped up the mountain behind Ban Air Lakho to pressure the group of perpetrators not to move to cause more incidents in the area.

Source : Thai News Agency