Security guard wounded in grenade attack at King Power mall

BANGKOK, Aug 27 -- A security guard was seriously injured by a grenade explosion on Rangnam Road near the King Power duty-free shopping complex in central Bangkok, in the latest attack at the shopping centre.

Jetsada Jankrajang, 24-year-old security guard, was sent to Rajavithi Hospital with shrapnel wounds on his head and body.

The explosion occurred at 11pm Thursday night, only a few metres from the site of an earlier grenade blast less than a month ago on July 30.

The police Explosive Ordnance Disposal team (EOD) inspected the area for nearly an hour, inside and outside the shopping complex.

Six glass windows were shattered, and fragments of an M67 grenade were found at the scene, along with minimal damage to the pavement near the gate.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Santhan Chayanont said there was no confirmation that the explosion was from an M67 grenade, but he believed the assailants wanted to cause problem.

Witnesses said a man riding on a motorcycle had stopped to talk with the victim before the explosion and he was being questioned by the police.

On July 30, an unidentified garbage scavenger was critically wounded when a grenade hidden in a rubbish bin exploded, and remains hospitalised in critical condition.
A suspect named Sorathian Singkanya was arrested for alleged involvement last month's grenade incident but he denied the charges. (MCOT online news)