Editing Jungle Commando (section)

== First appearances ==
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Surinamese people began witnessing a dramatic fall in respect for traditional leaders and their practices, under the current government and place. In response to this was the emergence of the Suriname National Liberation Army, a militant resistance group that struggled in an attempt to disband the current military leadership of the country and constitute a democracy. Locals referred to the group as the Jungle Commando as it was formed by high-ranking officials who had previously fled the military, most notably [[Ronnie Brunswijk]]. Brunswijk was previously involved in a military coup in which the previous government was overthrown in 1980. He and a small group of deserters attacked 12 soldiers at a military outpost in [[Stolkertsijver]] on July 22, 1986.<ref name="reform">{{cite news|url=https://www.digibron.nl/viewer/collectie/Digibron/id/02408c77d71f20c8befc27ebdb7cf197|title=Leger Suriname zoekt gijzelaars|website=[[Reformatorisch Dagblad]] via Digibron|date=26 July 1986|access-date=27 December 2021|language=nl|quote=The newspaper article of 26 July - four days later - stated that it was ''assumed'' that Brunswijk was behind the attack}}</ref> While holding this group of soldiers hostage, another attack was launched on the army barracks in [[Albina, Suriname|Albina]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.digibron.nl/viewer/collectie/Digibron/id/02408c77d71f20c8befc27ebdb7cf197|title=Leger Suriname zoekt gijzelaars |website=Reformatorisch Dagblad via [[Delpher]]|date=26 July 1986|access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref> The [[Military of Suriname|National Army]] responded by destroying the temple in [[Moengotapoe]], and capturing all males present.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rozenbergquarterly.com/the-kingdom-of-the-netherlands-in-the-caribbean-suriname-1954-2004-kroniek-van-een-illusie/ |title=The Kingdom Of The Netherlands In The Caribbean. Suriname 1954 – 2004: Kroniek van een illusie|website=Rozenberg Quarterly|access-date=14 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref> Later Brunswijk's birth village of [[Moiwana]] was attacked which resulted in the death of at least 35 people.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Suriname Maroon Crisis|url=http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/suriname-maroon-crisis|access-date=2021-11-18|website=www.culturalsurvival.org|date=25 February 2010 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060222112842/http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/Sur-summary-eng |url=http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/Sur-summary-eng |archive-date=22 February 2006|title=Suriname report|website=Amnesty International|access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>

These attacks served as the catalyst for the [[Surinamese Interior War]].

[[File:Brug bij Stolkertsijver.jpg|thumb|Bridge at Stolkertsijver]]