11.   Interior Minister Purachai Piemsomboon said authorities had called for army, border patrol and local police to pursue the assailants.

12.   Army soldiers were pursuing the assailants, he added.

13.   Minister Purachai said authorities had called for army, border patrol and local police to pursue the assailants.

14.   Molina said police and army units were pursuing the assailants in a hilly area not far from the scene of the massacre.

15.   Samper said police, security personnel and the army had full powers to pursue the assailants, including search authority without warrants.