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Mon, 03/29/2010 - 09:46
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One wounded in grenade attack near Banharn's Bangkok home
BANGKOK, March 29 (TNA) - One woman, a passer-by, was injured in a grenade attack near Soi Charan Sanitwong 57, which is near the Bangkok home of former prime minister and veteran politician Banharn Silapa-archa late Sunday.
It was the latest in a series of explosions in Bangkok during mass anti-government protests.
Police said the explosion occured at about 10.30pm when what was thought to be an M-67 hand grenade hit the outside wall of Mr Banharn's home and fell on the footpath before exploding.
The blast left a depression 20cm deep and 30cm wide on the footpath. The remains of an M-67 trigger mechanism was found at the scene.
The victim was slightly injured was sent to hospital and is recovering.
According to witnness, two men with black jackets riding on a motorcycle hurled the grenade at the wall of Mr Banharn's home and left immediately.
Pol Maj-Gen Amnuay Nimmano, Deputy Commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said investigators are inspecting images from the closed-circuit television monitors around the area to find the assailants, and are interview witnesses.
Gen Amnuay said police believed the attackers were the same group carrying out the series of attacks using explosives in Bangkok.
Mr Banharn, who was premier from mid-1995 to late-1996, is now chief adviser to Chart Thai Pattana Party, one of the parties in the coalition government led by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
The explosions took place as the Red Shirt anti-government protesters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) are protesting in Bangkok demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolve the House and call a general election. (TNA)
It was the latest in a series of explosions in Bangkok during mass anti-government protests.
Police said the explosion occured at about 10.30pm when what was thought to be an M-67 hand grenade hit the outside wall of Mr Banharn's home and fell on the footpath before exploding.
The blast left a depression 20cm deep and 30cm wide on the footpath. The remains of an M-67 trigger mechanism was found at the scene.
The victim was slightly injured was sent to hospital and is recovering.
According to witnness, two men with black jackets riding on a motorcycle hurled the grenade at the wall of Mr Banharn's home and left immediately.
Pol Maj-Gen Amnuay Nimmano, Deputy Commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said investigators are inspecting images from the closed-circuit television monitors around the area to find the assailants, and are interview witnesses.
Gen Amnuay said police believed the attackers were the same group carrying out the series of attacks using explosives in Bangkok.
Mr Banharn, who was premier from mid-1995 to late-1996, is now chief adviser to Chart Thai Pattana Party, one of the parties in the coalition government led by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
The explosions took place as the Red Shirt anti-government protesters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) are protesting in Bangkok demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolve the House and call a general election. (TNA)
