25 suspected insurgents rounded up
Security officials have rounded up 25 suspected Muslim insurgents from two districts in Yala and Narathiwat following the brutal massacre of eight Buddhists last week.
The arrests were made with cooperation of police, army and interior ministry officials on Friday and Saturday.The arrests were announced in a press conference Sunday by Fourth Army Area Commander Lt Gen Wiroj Buacharoon and Narathiwat Police chief Pol Maj Gen Yongyuth Charoenwanit at the Narathiwat Provincial Hall. Officials stepped up crackdown against the insurgents in the southern provinces after nine van passengers were shot at their head in point blank range in Yala's Yaha district on Wednesday. Following the attack, the southern army imposed curfew in Yala's Yaha and Rusoh districts. Officials searched 22 areas in Yaha on Friday and Saturday and arrested 13 suspects. They also found maps with marking on the spot where the commuter van was attacked and seized 60 kilogrammes of fertilizers from the suspects. No arrests were made in Rusoh but officials found an M16 assault rifle and a lot of components for making bombs. In Narathiwat's Sungai Padi, officials arrested 12 suspects. The Nation
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