Two suspects killed in Tak Bai police shooting case

MGR Online•Society•20d ago

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Thai security forces killed two suspects in a raid in Narathiwat Province following an earlier attack on Tak Bai police officers.

•Two suspects were killed during a clash with security forces on August 5 in Sukhirin District, Narathiwat Province.
•The operation targeted suspects involved in a shooting on August 2 that killed two Tak Bai police officers and injured four others.
•Pol. Gen. Samran Nuanma and other high-ranking officers led the security operation.
•One suspect remains at large and is currently being pursued.

•Two police officers from Tak Bai Police Station died and four were injured after suspects opened fire in an oil palm plantation in Phrai Wan Subdistrict, Tak Bai District, Narathiwat Province, on August 2.
•On August 5, Pol. Gen. Samran Nuanma, Pol. Lt. Gen. Noppasil Poonsawat, and Pol. Lt. Gen. Piyawat Chaloemsri led forces to surround and search a house in Kia Subdistrict, Sukhirin District, Narathiwat Province.
•Suspects inside the house opened fire on security forces, leading to a clash.
•Two suspects were killed in the operation, believed to be Mr. Saman Malee and Mr. Abdulmuklis Putae, pending official forensic identification.
•One suspect remains at large and is being tracked for arrest.
•Security forces warned the public that anyone providing shelter, hiding, or assisting the fleeing suspect will be prosecuted according to the law.

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Pol. Gen. Samran Nuanma(พล.ต.อ.สำราญ นวลมา)

Deputy Commissioner General of the Royal Thai Police who led the security operation.

Pol. Lt. Gen. Noppasil Poonsawat(พล.ต.ท.นพศิลป์ พูลสวัสดิ์)

Commissioner attached to the Office of the Commissioner General of the Royal Thai Police.

Pol. Lt. Gen. Piyawat Chaloemsri(พล.ต.ท.ปิยะวัฒน์ เฉลิมศรี)

Commissioner of Provincial Police Region 9.

Pol. Maj. Gen. Chumpon Saksureemongkol(พล.ต.ต.ชุมพล ศักดิ์สุรีย์มงคล)

Officer from the Investigation Division of Provincial Police Region 9.

Mr. Saman Malee(นายสะหมาน มะลี)

A suspect believed to have been killed during the operation in Sukhirin District.

Mr. Abdulmuklis Putae(นายอับดุลมูคลิส ปูเต๊ะ)

A suspect believed to have been killed during the operation in Sukhirin District.

Tak Bai Police Station(สภ.ตากใบ)

The police station whose officers were killed and injured in the August 2 attack.

Investigation Division of Provincial Police Region 9(บก.สส.ภ.9)

The police unit involved in the search operation.

Border Patrol Police 44(ตชด.44)

The special operations unit involved in the raid.

11th Ranger Regiment(กรมทหารพรานที่ 11)

The military unit involved in the operation.

Narathiwat Province(จ.นราธิวาส)ℹ️

The province where both the initial attack and the subsequent raid occurred.

Phrai Wan Subdistrict, Tak Bai District(ต.ไพรวัน อ.ตากใบ)

The location of the August 2 shooting incident.

Kia Subdistrict, Sukhirin District(ต.เกียร์ อ.สุคิริน)

The location of the house searched and the clash on August 5.