Bhutan Tiger Force

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Bhutan Tiger Force
LeaderComrade Umesh
Foundation22 April 2003 (2003-04-22)
Country Bhutan
AllegianceCommunist Party of Bhutan Flag.svg Communist Party of Bhutan (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)
Ideology
Political position Far-left
OpponentsFlag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan

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

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The South Asia Terrorism Portal currently lists the Bhutan Tiger Force as inactive. [2]

History

On 13 December 2007, the BTF injured a refugee at the Beldangi I camp near Sangam Chowk in Damak, Nepal. [3]

On 16 January 2008, a Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) patrol exchanged fire with a group of Tiger Force militants in Lower Dhanessey in Tsirang. [4]

On 23 April 2008, a bomb planted by BTF rebels was defused near a bridge in Phuntsholing. [3] [ failed verification ]

On 30 December 2008, BTF insurgents attacked six forest rangers in Singye village after they set off a BTF landmine, killing four and injuring another in the engagement. The BTF insurgents also took some of the forest rangers’ weapons. [5]

References

Citations

  1. Simon Denyer Bhutan tolerates democracy but not dissent The Boston Globe. 15 May 2007.
  2. "Terrorism in Bhutan | Terrorist Groups in Bhutan | SATP". www.satp.org. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Bhutan Assessment 2008". 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. "terrorist-group-incident-text-bhutan-bhutan-tiger-force-btf_Jan-2008". www.satp.org. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  5. "Communist guerrillas kill four Bhutanese forest guards". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. 1 January 2009.

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