Runda Kumpulan Kecil

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

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

History
The group was founded by young Salafi members of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional-Koordinasi (BRN-C) in 2000 that had received military training in Indonesia. Therefore, it is still considered by some analysts as an offshoot of the Pejuang Kemerdekaan Patani connected to the BRN-C, and not as an independent organisation.

The RKK outfit is based on well-trained, ruthless and effective commando-style groups, named 'small patrol unit' (Runda Kumpulan Kecil) after the description of their month-long military training course. Estimates range of 500 RKK members, have confessed to the Thai authorities that they routinely flee to Malaysia after carrying out violent attacks in Yala, Pattani or Narathiwat Province Although several RKK members have been arrested or killed by the Thai military in the past decade, it is very difficult for those involved in counter-insurgency to penetrate the structure of the group owing to its secrecy and great mobility.

Incidents
The RKK group has been involved in numerous arson, bombing and murder attacks in the past decade. Seventeen suspects who were arrested by the Thai Police after the assassination of a Buddhist monk on 16 October 2005 claimed to be part of the RKK. The reports that followed the arrest stated that the insurgent group members had been trained at Muslim schools in Bandung, Indonesia. On 13 February 2013, an armed group of 60 men attacked a military base in the southern part of the country, 16 of them were killed by the army. On 4 April 2017, in Yala 12 police officers were wounded after an attack the group was blaimed by the security forces. On 22 August 2017, a man who is in the 30s was arrested he was believed to be a RKK member. The Thai media claimed he was a suspected as part of the raiders who attacked six trucks on 16 August 2017. A top member of the group called Sobueri Jehe was killed by security forces. Between c. 2000 and April 2018 did lost the group some 39 members.