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| 9 Red Shirts died from gunshots |
| 2010-04-13 |
| [Straits Times] AN INDEPENDENT autopsy panel found that nine 'Red Shirt' protesters who died in the weekend's bloody clashes with Thai security forces had been killed by gunshots, a hospital director said on Monday. Life's tough. It's even tougher when you're in open rebellion. After nearly a month of anti-government rallies in Bangkok, violence erupted when troops tried to clear protesters from one of two sites on Saturday, killing 17 civilians - including a journalist. Four soldiers also died in the violence. 'The autopsy result found that nine out of ten bodies (all protesters) were shot to death,' Lieutenant General Jongjet Aaojenpob, director of the police hospital said. The tenth autopsy found that the protester had died of a long-standing illness, according to the hospital. No further details were given. Results of autopsies being carried out at other hospitals on six other civilians killed in the weekend violence are still awaited. An autopsy was conducted on a Japanese cameraman killed in the clashes, but his family had requested the result not be released, Gen. Jongjet said. The Reuters news agency has reported that its cameraman died after being shot through the chest. Gunshots echoed around the city on Saturday evening, with both sides accusing each other of using live ammunition. The government has denied troops opened fire on protesters with live rounds. 'Weapons were used only in self-defence and to fire into the air. We don't find any evidence that soldiers used weapons against people,' government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn told a press conference on Sunday. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 DAILY TIMES.PK > ASEAN CHIEF WARNS THAILAND CRISIS DETERIORATING [may demoralize + destabilize Country, entire Region]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-04-13 22:32 |
| #1 See also WORLD NEWS > THAI RED SHIRTS DEMAND IMMEDIATE DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-04-13 02:42 |