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The Bhutan Tiger Force (BTF) is the armed wing of the Bhutan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) (BCP [MLM]).[1]

Attacks

On 13 December 2007, the BTF injured a refugee at the Beldangi I camp near Sangam Chowk in Damak, Nepal.[2]

On 23 April 2008, a bomb planted by BTF rebels was defused near a bridge in Phuntsholing.[2] [failed verification]

On 30 December 2008, BTF insurgents killed four forest rangers and injured another, later took their weapons in the Singye village.[3]

See also

Sources

References

  1. ^ Simon Denyer Bhutan tolerates democracy but not dissent The Boston Globe. 15 May 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Bhutan Assessment 2008". 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Communist guerrillas kill four Bhutanese forest guards". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. January 1, 2009.