Policeman shot in Bangkok protests speaks out

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Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that the Facebook site of Dao8Chaek had a 47 second video that caught the moment when a police lance corporal was shot while on anti-riot duty in downtown Bangkok on Saturday.

 

They had a stillshot of the moment Nitinai Khrongsom was felled.

 

An xray showed what police said was a .22 bullet lodged in the officer's neck.

 

It was removed after surgery at the Police Hospital and the officer is now recovering. 

 

It happened at Ratchawithi Soi 6 in the Samsen Nai, Phayathai area of the Thai capital. 

 

The injured officer asked for protesters to spare a thought for the police and protest peacefully.

 

He said he has a family to go back to and a mother and father.

 

He said that he felt blood but didn't realise at first that he had been shot. He was scared but just doing his job saying that police would not fire first. 

 

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[Scrotobike]

Hope he is not hurt

Just doing his job

 

[Gottfrid]

It´s a very sad state of something they call civilization.

[jvs]

Looks like a bb  gun pellet to me,i would think a.22  out of real gun a would go in a lot further.

[tomazbodner]

3 minutes ago, jvs said:

Looks like a bb  gun pellet to me,i would think a.22  out of real gun a would go in a lot further.

depends on the distance from which he was shot

[harada]

Looks like an air gun slug to me, although had it gone much further it could have possibly caused some serious damage.

[ikke1959]

I watched the French Tv this morning and there protests too and the police acted totally different than here in Thailand. The police made the mistake to attack the protesters so no sorry for him... there should be more.....

[Thailand]

Hope he is OK but there is only one side that benefits from this type of incident.

[sammieuk1]

Next time turn your guns tear gas water cannons rubber bullets behind you and everyone will be happy ????

[IvorBiggun2]

Definitely a .177 or .22 pellet.

[tracker1]

 He was scared but just doing his job saying that police would not fire first.  What are they expecting the rioters to start the shooting first Hmmmm 

[Mywayboy]

1 hour ago, Gottfrid said:

It´s a very sad state of something they call civilization.

Anarchy almost.

Desperate people do desperate  things sadly. 

[Jimbo2014]

3 hours ago, jvs said:

Looks like a bb  gun pellet to me,i would think a.22  out of real gun a would go in a lot further.

Yes it looks like a BB pellet not a bullet.

[kingstonkid]

Well at leasst the government was smart enough to keep the farmers happy by extending the price protection imagine if they had upset them.  The roads into BKK would be full and the PT would be screaming form the rooftops

[Venom]

What do they want? 

[JeffersLos]

3 minutes ago, Venom said:

What do they want? 

Proper bullets? 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, jvs said:

Looks like a bb  gun pellet to me,i would think a.22  out of real gun a would go in a lot further.

The profile makes it obvious what it is... either a .177/.22 airgun pellet.

[georgey]

4 hours ago, harada said:

Looks like an air gun slug to me, although had it gone much further it could have possibly caused some serious damage.

Correct, it is

[Sydebolle]

Thai Rak Thai = translates into "Thais love Thais" - quite evident it seems ....... 

One side is expressing its frustration over the endless government-sponsored raping of the country while the other side is full of all those "just doing their jobs"? 

[Venom]

5 hours ago, jvs said:

Looks like a bb  gun pellet to me,i would think a.22  out of real gun a would go in a lot further.

Makes more noise as well. Glad he's okay ????

[TigerandDog]

5 hours ago, jvs said:

Looks like a bb  gun pellet to me,i would think a.22  out of real gun a would go in a lot further.

definitely not a 22 bullet. It's an air gun pellet.

[steven100]

probably an air rifle/ slug gun  as they are called.    

He shouldn't be scared of these protestors as that's his job to uphold law and order.  He's a damn policeman for god sake. 

[spidermike007]

There is no question that the police are on the wrong side of history here, and have very little sympathy for the youth, change, progress, or upsetting the status quo, their apple carts, and their local franchises. My sympathy is incredibly limited. 

[steven100]

31 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

Thai Rak Thai = translates into "Thais love Thais" - quite evident it seems ......

don't see too much of that in Thailand .....  did see a punch up between two thai a couple of days ago though, just down the road ... it was in the morning which was weird, but who knows. 

[Rookiescot]

Luckily this seems to be an air rifle pellet. 

But having said that no-one should be shooting anything at anyone.

[Bangkok Barry]

3 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

There is no question that the police are on the wrong side of history here, and have very little sympathy for the youth, change, progress, or upsetting the status quo, their apple carts, and their local franchises. My sympathy is incredibly limited. 

It depends. During the 2010 riots my policeman brother-in-law was sent down from Red Shirt country to boost police numbers and control the protesters. And when he went off-duty he donned a red shirt and joined them. Hence the term water melon police at the time. The farmers now seem to be in the same mood as the young and would happily see the government toppled - I haven't heard of even one person in my part of the country saying otherwise, so expect the same trek to the capital we saw back then.

 

[PETERTHEEATER]

2 hours ago, Jimbo2014 said:

Yes it looks like a BB pellet not a bullet.

BB pellets are spherical. The slug is waisted like those shown above and typical of those fired from air rifles.

[Caldera]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The injured officer asked for protesters to spare a thought for the police and protest peacefully

Says the police farce that uses rubber bullets and tear gas to defend an indefensible government. Oh the irony.

[IvorBiggun2]

7 minutes ago, Caldera said:

Says the police farce that uses rubber bullets and tear gas to defend an indefensible government. Oh the irony.

But those weapons are not used until  a warning has been given to those holding an illegal gathering and subjecting the security forces to catapult launched projectiles as well as the use of airguns. I'd say the security forces are justified to retaliate.

[DefaultName]

Judging by the x-ray, this penetrated his neck a fair way.  Is it really important if it was a firearm or a BB gun?  He got shot, this was a bad thing.