Seven shot in attack on protest site

[Rosco911]

Not good. Now at all 7/11 and Tesco you hear from employees " The British are coming,".

And that means what ?

[Ricardo]

The poster who suggested that two threads related to the same events from Saturday morning was correct.

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Posted Yesterday, 09:02

Seven PDRC guards injured in attacks near Democracy Monument

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- At least seven men serving as security guards for the People's Democratic Reform Committee were injured in sporadic attacks near the Democracy Monument rally site early Saturday, police and protesters said.

The first attack happened at the Kokwua Intersection on Tanaosri Road at 2am, according to Pol Lt Thaweerat Thamrongwattanakul of the Chana Songkram police station.

Police and rescue volunteers rushed to the scene to find two men injured. One of them, Erawat Kaewsee, 28, was shot at his right shoulder. The other man was not identified. He was shot at his left thigh and right leg. Both were rushed to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Central Hospital.

Witnesses told police that four or five motorcyclists raced from Phra Pinkloa Bridge and opened fire at a taxi near Krua Rajdamnoen restaurant and more sounds of gunfire and explosions were heard near the Government Lottery Office and at the Kokwua Intersection.

While, reporters and photographers were inspecting the shooting scene at the Kokwua Intersection, sounds of gunfire were head, sending the media crew to flee.

A cameraman of ThaiPBS, Panuwat Ritthitham narrowly escaped a hit as a bullet graced his left leg and pieced through his trousers.

More sounds of gunfire and explosions were heard throughout the early morning. Police said they received reports that at least seven guards were injured.

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Seven shot in attack on protest site

The Sunday Nation

BANGKOK: -- Seven people were injured after unknown gunmen fired into the People's Democratic Reform Committee protest site near the Democracy Monument in the early hours yesterday.

The shooting targeted protesters at the Khok Wua intersection on Tanow Road in Phra Nakhon district in Bangkok, police said.

Pol Lieutenant Thaweewat Thamrongwattanakul said no one was killed but seven were injured, including a taxi driver. A Thai PBS cameraman managed to escape injury despite a bullet whizzing through his trousers.

Scientific crime detection officers collected evidence at the scene, including a taxi driven by Wichai Paipod, 32, who was sitting in his car when a bullet shot through the back seat and hit him on the back. The officers also checked the trajectory of two bullets shot through a glass door of a rice shop and collected spent cartridges on the ground.

Wichai said he picked up passengers from Tanow Road around midnight for the Lam Sali intersection in the north of the city. He heard about 20 gunshots, one of which hit him. He drove past the intersection and decided to abandon the car and ran into a soi to escape when he heard continued gunfire. He was helped by onlookers, who escorted him to hospital.

The injured included Erawat Kaewsi, 28, who was shot in the right shoulder and another unidentified victim shot in the left of his torso and right knee.

Witnesses said a group of five teenagers riding motorcycles from Pinklao Bridge fired bullets into a taxi before more gunshots and explosions were heard outside the Government Lottery Office and around 2am, more gunshots were head near the Khok Wua intersection.

The Thai PBS cameraman was shot at an hour later while taking pictures at the scene. He was not injured because the bullet went through his trousers but he left the scene immediately.

Many thanks for the correction.

I was relying on the suggestion in noitom's post on Sunday, that the incident he was thinking of was "two days ago", making it something from Friday.

If he actually mean to say "from yesterday", then it may well have been the same incident, as you demonstrate.

Is this the same shooting story as two days ago with the killing and injuring of seven with the M-16 as reported in the Thai press?

No, the OP dated Sunday says this happened yesterday, in the early-hours of Saturday.

[love1012]

When i look your comments i think western man much bad even from thai man sometime. Thaksin is make this happen. If him go away many things change. Thai people not yellow shirt now angry and want to see thailand run fairly. Why you need to come here and not support Thai people who want to have our country run fairly with no corruption. This we believe is our first step.

[mikemac]

Mikemac, you are getting to be a pain in the A. Anybody whose post you don't agree with you call a troll. It's tiresome. If you think I am a banned troll posting under a new name why don't you take it up with Admin or the Mods.

Meanwhile, Just wind your neck in.

.................................."why don't you take it up with Admin or the Mods"...................................

I just did !