Police officer shot dead during Thai protests: hospital

BANGKOK, December 26, 2013 (AFP) - A police officer was shot dead in Bangkok Thursday during clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters, according to the hospital where he was taken for treatment.

"He was shot in his chest and brought to hospital by helicopter," said Jongjet Aoajenpong, director of the Police General Hospital. "A team of doctors tried to resuscitate him for more than half an hour."

Violence broke out as demonstrators tried to force their way into a sports stadium in the Thai capital, where representatives of about 30 political parties were gathered to register for February elections.


-- (c) Copyright AFP 2013-12-26

The first one to die at the hands of the protesters now criminal charges for murder must be placed against Suthep. Brave policeman RIP

Murdering policemen is no big thing amongst the Ferrari-driving Thai elite so I doubt it will change the tactics of Suthep.

My condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.

The first one to die at the hands of the protesters now criminal charges for murder must be placed against Suthep. Brave policeman RIP

Or unlucky cop caught in friendly fire.

Investigation first, perhaps?

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The first one to die at the hands of the protesters now criminal charges for murder must be placed against Suthep. Brave policeman RIP

He's already on a charge for 90 deaths during the 2010 'peaceful' protests by the reds, I don't think he really cares if this government decides to add one more.

Anyway RIP.

RIP.

Nowhere did I read he was shot by protesters, but I do hope the individual pays for their crime.

He scarify for his People and County.

Rest in peace.

The first one to die at the hands of the protesters now criminal charges for murder must be placed against Suthep. Brave policeman RIP

Try not to be silly please

The first one to die at the hands of the protesters now criminal charges for murder must be placed against Suthep. Brave policeman RIP

Try not to be silly please

Why is that a silly comment? Please enlighten me.

The first one to die at the hands of the protesters now criminal charges for murder must be placed against Suthep. Brave policeman RIP

Please share the evidence with us for:

Shot by the protestors.

Suthep ordered it.

At the moment it could be:

a person who is neither protestor not police/government

an army guy

man in black from government to have a reason to clamp down on the protestors

a protestor

Considering that there are no other weapons and that it is a PR disaster for Suthep I doubt he has anything to do with it. If he want to take the building with weapons it would easier to have 10 people with AK-47 instead of a sniper....

I didn't see where the officer was shot by a protestor but rather shot at the protests.

Where have we seen violence being incited before?

The first one to die at the hands of the protesters now criminal charges for murder must be placed against Suthep. Brave policeman RIP

Do you know what's really happened? Were you there?

The first one to die at the hands of the protesters now criminal charges for murder must be placed against Suthep. Brave policeman RIP

Try not to be silly please

Why is that a silly comment? Please enlighten me.

You were not there and jump into conclusion right away. This is a silly comment.

The first one to die at the hands of the protesters now criminal charges for murder must be placed against Suthep. Brave policeman RIP

Try not to be silly please

Why is that a silly comment? Please enlighten me.

You were not there and jump into conclusion right away. This is a silly comment.

Previously on this thread you "liked" a post where the poster stated that the police violently attacked protestors. Could you kindly inform us of the firsthand observations you made when witnessing this. I'm interested to know what you saw. Cheers.

My condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.

This is the sort of reply to a thread like this that is needed at this time.

The officer was doing his job, as ordered, and the protesters were doing what they believed in.

Times are tense and injuries and deaths are a real possibility. Regardless of side, color or affiliation or bias, it is always sad to read about someone's death. He probably left loved ones.

The reality is that if this whole situation gets much further out of hand, then this sort of thing will be a daily occurrence in larger numbers.

R.I.P. officer no-name.

An off-topic post has been deleted.

Please exercise care in your posts. Inflammatory posts will be removed.

Well considering several media reports that have declared as soon as protesters opened the gates they were shot at with tear gas and rubber bullets. The pictures are there to back it up.

Don't you think it very strange that after all the restraint the police decide to launch into a violent offensive totally out of the blue and a police officer ends up being shot? I think it very strange..... almost like the whole thing was staged from the start.

Let's just say that the evidence points more to a propaganda stunt than what it is actually attempting to portray.

Unless any of us were there and saw it with our own eyes then none of us know what happened. We can only postulate.

Someone today is being disgusting with his flaming posts and disrespectful towards someone performing his duties and been killed doing that.

It's pathetic and disgusting.

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Before people begin to assign blame for this - an investigation is yet to take place, gentlemen - it should be noted that there have been fatalities on both sides in this conflict, all of them unnecessary. It should also be noted that whenever policemen are authorized to use rubber bullets - as was the case here - all sorts of tragic circumstances can develop. The administration must take responsibility for that. They must also take responsibility for ramming an amnesty bill through, that has sparked the crisis that has culminated in today's unrest and today's tragedy.

The first one to die at the hands of the protesters now criminal charges for murder must be placed against Suthep. Brave policeman RIP

Where does it say that the policeman was killed at the hands of the demonstrators? Is this another case of people not analyzing the data and making rash statements, with out any proof. This could be taken as verbal fesses.

To date I've read it was a sniper (capo press release) and the ubiquitous "man in black" shooting at the protesters, who was caught and handed over to police by protest "guards". (Nation I think). Does anyone actually know where the shooting came from?

Before people begin to assign blame for this - an investigation is yet to take place, gentlemen - it should be noted that there have been fatalities on both sides in this conflict, all of them unnecessary. It should also be noted that whenever policemen are authorized to use rubber bullets - as was the case here - all sorts of tragic circumstances can develop. The administration must take responsibility for that. They must also take responsibility for ramming an amnesty bill through, that has sparked the crisis that has culminated in today's unrest and today's tragedy.

So much nonsense in so few words. You have a gift. Take the notion of "ramming an amnesty bill through". What exactly does that mean? I think for you it means a vote was taken with an outcome I didn't like. Therefore it was "rammed...through" What makes this even more ludicrous is that the bill was stopped dead in its tracks by the Senate. The system worked. A bill that you think was bad was stopped. And somehow the blocking of a now dead bill justifies trying to unseat the government? Obviously this is a shoddy pretext to get by extraconstitutional means what they can't get by an election. At least the Republicans in the USA were trying to undo a bill that had actually been enacted. What's the yellow shirts' justification?

The first one to die at the hands of the protesters now criminal charges for murder must be placed against Suthep. Brave policeman RIP

Try not to be silly please

Why is that a silly comment? Please enlighten me.

Unless you witnessed it first hand and have been appointed judge and juror then you should take your kangaroo court and nail your ears to a tree with your prejudicial gavel

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Well considering several media reports that have declared as soon as protesters opened the gates they were shot at with tear gas and rubber bullets. The pictures are there to back it up.

Don't you think it very strange that after all the restraint the police decide to launch into a violent offensive totally out of the blue and a police officer ends up being shot? I think it very strange..... almost like the whole thing was staged from the start.

Let's just say that the evidence points more to a propaganda stunt than what it is actually attempting to portray.

Unless any of us were there and saw it with our own eyes then none of us know what happened. We can only postulate.

...or even SPECulate.

The first one to die at the hands of the protesters now criminal charges for murder must be placed against Suthep. Brave policeman RIP

No should be brought against Yingluck

Abhisit and Suthep are charged with murder for the 2010

So turn about is fair play and the current leader should now be charged with murder ... "Now boarding flight 666 destination Dubai"

Just my opinion

I saw this news a few hours ago on Pantip but did not want to say anything as

it was just posters stating it.

Now that confirmed RIP & condolences to the family of the fallen officer

There is an official break in TV broadcasts right now 5:30 Thursday

to basically announce peaceful demonstration will be tolerated but not what is

now occurring

Before people begin to assign blame for this - an investigation is yet to take place, gentlemen - it should be noted that there have been fatalities on both sides in this conflict, all of them unnecessary. It should also be noted that whenever policemen are authorized to use rubber bullets - as was the case here - all sorts of tragic circumstances can develop. The administration must take responsibility for that. They must also take responsibility for ramming an amnesty bill through, that has sparked the crisis that has culminated in today's unrest and today's tragedy.

So much nonsense in so few words. You have a gift. Take the notion of "ramming an amnesty bill through". What exactly does that mean? I think for you it means a vote was taken with an outcome I didn't like. Therefore it was "rammed...through" What makes this even more ludicrous is that the bill was stopped dead in its tracks by the Senate. The system worked. A bill that you think was bad was stopped. And somehow the blocking of a now dead bill justifies trying to unseat the government? Obviously this is a shoddy pretext to get by extraconstitutional means what they can't get by an election. At least the Republicans in the USA were trying to undo a bill that had actually been enacted. What's the yellow shirts' justification?

Actually, the only reason the senate rejected the bill is because of the protests. If it wasn't for the protests, the senate would have passed it. As it was, it was rejected, but that just meant it could have been passed by the lower house after a 180 day delay. Then the government dissolved parliament, basically killing the bill off.

The protests worked.

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Well considering several media reports that have declared as soon as protesters opened the gates they were shot at with tear gas and rubber bullets. The pictures are there to back it up.

Don't you think it very strange that after all the restraint the police decide to launch into a violent offensive totally out of the blue and a police officer ends up being shot? I think it very strange..... almost like the whole thing was staged from the start.

Let's just say that the evidence points more to a propaganda stunt than what it is actually attempting to portray.

Unless any of us were there and saw it with our own eyes then none of us know what happened. We can only postulate.

...or even SPECulate.

Lol mate. I was aiming for pontificate and a combination of my phones dictionary and my incompetence beat me to it

Before people begin to assign blame for this - an investigation is yet to take place, gentlemen - it should be noted that there have been fatalities on both sides in this conflict, all of them unnecessary. It should also be noted that whenever policemen are authorized to use rubber bullets - as was the case here - all sorts of tragic circumstances can develop. The administration must take responsibility for that. They must also take responsibility for ramming an amnesty bill through, that has sparked the crisis that has culminated in today's unrest and today's tragedy.

So much nonsense in so few words. You have a gift. Take the notion of "ramming an amnesty bill through". What exactly does that mean? I think for you it means a vote was taken with an outcome I didn't like. Therefore it was "rammed...through" What makes this even more ludicrous is that the bill was stopped dead in its tracks by the Senate. The system worked. A bill that you think was bad was stopped. And somehow the blocking of a now dead bill justifies trying to unseat the government? Obviously this is a shoddy pretext to get by extraconstitutional means what they can't get by an election. At least the Republicans in the USA were trying to undo a bill that had actually been enacted. What's the yellow shirts' justification?

No mate.

If the people hadn't reacted this would be law. 25,500 cases of corruption would have been dropped and we would have an entire lower and upper house under the same family.

This was the catalyst to the whole 2 months of protests and here we are

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