Two Bombs, One Injury in Attack on PAD Supporters
Less than 48 hours after His Majesty the King appealed for co-operation and understanding between different political factions, Chiang Mai experienced the first injury in the north from yellow shirt/red shirt clashes.
Early on Sunday afternoon, 2 vans carrying around 20 men wearing crash helmets and carrying batons, stopped outside a merit making ceremony at the northern HQ of the People’s Alliance for Democracy. The men surged among the yellow-clad merit makers and 2 bombs, described later by police as ‘home made’, exploded.
A 60 year old woman suffered a broken leg, 2 cars were damaged and a glass door at the premises in Kong Soi Road was shattered. The ‘Bangkok Post’ reported the story from witnesses at the Doctor Wong Hospital opposite the compound.
Other reports state that a local radio station, which supports self-exiled former premier Taxin Shinawat, had urged listeners to gather that morning, and told them specifically not to wear red shirts.
There have been no reports of any arrests or other injuries, and Chiang Mai police had not made a statement at the time this story was filed.
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