A military official says rebels believed to have been involved in an attack on East Timor’s prime minister have surrendered to authorities.

They handed in weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition.

Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao escaped unharmed from an ambush of his motorcade on Feb. 11 by mutinous soldiers. An attack the same day on President Jose Ramos-Horta nearly killed him.

Lt. Fernando Gausege says rebel commander Gastau Salsinha and 12 of his men, believed to have carried out the ambush on the premier, turned themselves in Tuesday with 11 firearms.

Ramos-Horta, who returned to the country last week after recovering from several gunshot wounds in an Australian hospital, was to meet the rebels.