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Security related agencies probing grenade attack on Chiang Mai army camp: Deputy PM
BANGKOK, Sept 11 -- Security agencies are probing what persons or group is responsible for a grenade attack on an army camp two days ago in Chiang Mai, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said Saturday.
Mr Suthep said he had not yet received intelligence reports on who fired grenades into Khun Nen army camp in Chiang Mai’s Mae Rim district Thursday night.
Five grenades from an M79 launcher were fired into the army camp that night but only four exploded, and those were on the lawn of the facility. No casualties were reported.
Thursday night’s attack followed grenade and bomb incidents in the capital in recent month.
The anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will hold major rallies next week in Bangkok and elsewhere to mark the fourth year anniversary of a bloodless coup on September 19 which toppled the then government of prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Mr Suthep, who is responsible for national security, admitted that it is difficult to prevent M79 attacks on government offices.
Asked whether the government would re-impose an emergency decree in Chiang Mai as many incidents had taken place after it was revoked, Mr Suthep said the standard security laws and procedures will be used in provinces where the decree had been revoked and it is not necessary to reintroduce it.
He added that the government will also try to revoke the emergency decree in the remaining seven provinces. (MCOT online news)
Mr Suthep said he had not yet received intelligence reports on who fired grenades into Khun Nen army camp in Chiang Mai’s Mae Rim district Thursday night.
Five grenades from an M79 launcher were fired into the army camp that night but only four exploded, and those were on the lawn of the facility. No casualties were reported.
Thursday night’s attack followed grenade and bomb incidents in the capital in recent month.
The anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will hold major rallies next week in Bangkok and elsewhere to mark the fourth year anniversary of a bloodless coup on September 19 which toppled the then government of prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Mr Suthep, who is responsible for national security, admitted that it is difficult to prevent M79 attacks on government offices.
Asked whether the government would re-impose an emergency decree in Chiang Mai as many incidents had taken place after it was revoked, Mr Suthep said the standard security laws and procedures will be used in provinces where the decree had been revoked and it is not necessary to reintroduce it.
He added that the government will also try to revoke the emergency decree in the remaining seven provinces. (MCOT online news)
