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Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK)

1.Lead Section

The Runda Kumpulan Kecil (translation: "Small Patrol Units", RKK) is a militant Islamic insurgent group operating in Southern Thailand.

The RKK has been one of the most brutal and active violent groups of the South Thailand insurgency in recent years.

2.History

3.Leadership

There is very little information about the leadership and structure of the RKK due to its very secretive and non-hierarchical nature. However, the group does place a lot of value on education (specifically religious education); in fact, their leader is referred to as an Ustaz (which means teacher).

3.1 Rorhing Ashong:

The only known leader of the RKK is Rorhing Ahsong, also known as Ustaz Rorhing (aka "teacher" Rorhing).

3.2 Sapee-aree Jehkor:

In July 2006, the Royal Thai Police arrested two supposed members of the RKK, one of which was Sapee-aree Jekhor. He is thought to be a very important member of the group, however, the extent of his participation is still unknown.

3.3 Zulkifli Abdhir:

Zulkifi Abdhir (also Zulfiki Bin Hir, Marwan, etc.) was thought to have been associated with the RKK, although the link is still uncertain.

4.Ideology

4.1 Separatism

4.2 Islamism

4.3 Ethnic

5.Methods

5.1 Type of Attack:

The RKK predominately resorts to bombings as their main form of attack. From (the year of the first reported incident) to 2017, the group has conducted 171 attacks. Approximately 133 of these (78 percent) were bombings. After this, armed assault is the second most used type of attack; however, only 28 of these (16 percent) have been by this method. The remaining attacks are comprised of facility/infrastructure (11 attacks), hijacking (5 attempts), and assassinations (2 attempts).

5.2 Target:

Civilians are most often the victims of attacks made by the RKK; however, businesses and the police are also major targets: 29 percent of the reported attacks targeted civilians, 20 percent targeted businesses, and 18 percent targeted the police. The remaining attacks targeted the military (23 attacks), utilities (19 attacks), transportation (9 attacks), educational institutions (8 attacks), and government (7 attacks).

5.3 Casualties:

Despite the large volume of attacks, the RKK's reported death rate is fairly low. Of the 171 reported incidents, 136 (80 percent) had zero fatalities. Of the 171 reported incidents, 34 resulted in at least one fatality but none of the attacks resulted in more than five fatalities. Twenty of the attacks resulted in one fatality each, five of the attacks resulted in two fatalities each, four of the attacks resulted in three fatalities each, four of the attacks resulted in four fatalities each, and one attack resulted in five fatalities.

As of 2017, 63 deaths and 403 injuries have been attributed to the RKK.

6.Incidents

6.1 Bombing of Police Transport

On July 25th, 2012 a police transport of the Royal Thai Police traveling through the Raman district (in the Yala province) exploded from a roadside bomb. This left five officers dead and one wounded. Of the 171 incidents reported from 2008 to 2017, this was the RKK's most deadly incident.

6.2 Derailing of Train in Narithiwat Province

On November 18th, 2012 a train traveling through the city of Reuso (in the Narithiwat province) derailed as a result of a bomb planted under the track. After the train derailed, a group of assailants began to shoot into the train cars. There were three confirmed deaths and approximately 36 injuries.

6.3 Muang Pattani Department Store Explosions

On May 9th, 2017 a bomb exploded in a Big-C department store in the city of Muang Pattani. The explosion injured approximately 40 people.

On May 10th, 2017 a truck filled with explosives detonated at the same Big-C department store. The explosion injured approximately 40 people, bringing the total from the two attacks to 80.

6.4 Muang Restaurant Explosion

On August 25th, 2009 a car bomb exploded outside of a restaurant in downtown Muang. There were no reported fatalities, but there were approximately 43 injuries. Two supposed members of the RKK were arrested in connection with the explosion.

6.5 Danok Hotel Explosion

On December 22, 2013 a car filled with explosives exploded outside of the Oliver Hotel in Danok, Songkhla province. Two were killed and 25 others were injured. The explosion was one of multiple bombings that occurred in the area that day.

7.See Also

7.1 South Thailand Insurgency

7.2 Salafi Jihadism

7.3 Barisan Revolusi Nasional-Koordinasi (BRN-C)

8.References

COMMENTS:

In your "Types of Attack" section and "Target" section I feel like there is a lot of numbers and percentages being thrown around throughout your different sections. Is there any images like graphs or charts that you could add mainly to these sections to help visualize it a little better?

In the "Leadership" section I think you could rewrite "The last reported leader (and only known leader) of the RKK is Rorhing Ahsong, also known as Ustaz Rorhing (aka "teacher" Rorhing)." to something like "The only known reported leader of the RKK is Rorhing Ahsong, also known as Ustaz Rorhing (aka "teacher" Rorhing)." or "Rorhing Ahsong (Ustaz Rorhing) is the only know reported leader of the RKK." This would help the sentence flow better to the reader.

The history section is blank, are you planning on adding a history section to the article?

Under the "Results" section I feel like you could remove the "(80 percent)" from the section sine you do not talk about percentages anywhere else in the paragraph. I think that if you remove it the sentence will flow better.

Under your "See Also" section you could add a link to the Wikipedia article for "Salafi Jihadism" is one exists since it is not mentioned anywhere else in the article but you have it under the "See Also" section.

Other than that everything looks like it is cited correctly and properly. Your sections are broken up nicely and they are filled with good and relevant information. There is no spelling errors or grammatical errors that I could see, besides the ones mentioned.