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Subject: Police probe under way, arrest warrants to come

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<font size=4>Police probe under way, arrest warrants to come <br>
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</font><font size=3>POLICE are collecting evidence against the five
gunmen involved in the embassy attack and arrest warrants are likely to
be issued within a week, senior officers said yesterday. <br>
Police Maj Gen Chakthip Kunchorn na Ayutthaya, deputy commissioner of the
Metropolitan Police, said investigators had charged the gunmen with
possessing war weapons, illegal detention and theft (for taking the
pistol of a police officer). <br>
He said the probe team would seek further information about the
perpetrators from Special Branch police. <br>
Chakthip said the five men are believed to be hiding at the Thai-Burmese
border. Metropolitan Police chief Wannarat Kocharak said yesterday
warrants for their arrest would be forwarded to the Border Police bases
in those areas. <br>
Following their 25-hour seizure of the embassy, which began just before
noon last Friday, the gunmen were flown by helicopter to the western
border in Ratchaburi. Their safety was guaranteed in exchange for the
release of more than 30 hostages they had held inside the compound. 
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Chakthip yesterday chaired an hour-long meeting of the investigation team
at the Yan Nawa police station. He sai later that 18 witnesses had been
questioned, including police stationed at the embassy, embassy staff and
some hostages. <br>
Evidence collected from inside the embassy included guitar cases the
gunmen used to conceal assault rifles, three spent casings and one live
round of ammunition. </font>
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