- Published: 31/08/2010 at 03:49 PM
- Online news: Security
A device believed to be a grenade exploded outside the head office of the National Broadcasting Service (NBT) on Bangkok's Vibhavadi Rangsit road on Tuesday afternoon, acting government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said.
The blast, which caused no injuries, occurred in front of the buildings housing the state-run NBT about 1.45pm. it damaged a van and four sedans.
The buildings house the NBT TV studios and the Public Relations Department.
Police said they believed it was the grenade launched from the Don Muang tollway.
"On circumstantial evidence it's likely to have been an M79," Mr Panitan said.
The station allowed the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) to host shows with government representatives.Prime Minister's Office Minister Ong-art Klapaiboon visited the scene and said later he did not think the attack had anything to do with NBT programming.
The capital has been under emergency rule since April 7 in response to anti-government protests led by the UDD, in which 91 people died and about 1,900 were injured in clashes between protesters and the army.
A handful of explosions in recent weeks have unnerved the Bangkok residents, who are still recovering from the deadly street protests in April and May.
A grenade blast last Thursday -- the second in a month at the King Power duty-free shopping complex -- injured a security guard and ensured that Bangkok will be the last province kept under emergency rule, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva confirmed.
On July 30, a grenade hidden in a plastic rubbish bag injured a man in his 30s who was scavenging for scrap.
A man linked to the red-shirt demonstrations was arrested over the explosion and police said the suspect, 23-year-old Sorathien Singkanya, admitted that the grenade belonged to him but had denied planting it himself.
That attack came less than a week after a small bomb exploded at a Bangkok bus stop, killing one person and injuring 10.
On March 15, an M79 grenade was fired into the compound of the First Infantry Regiment on Vibhavadi Rangsit road, injuring two soldiers.
The gallery below shows the damage caused by the grenade attack in front of the NBT station on Aug 31, 2010.
Look like Bangkok will be like Southern parts of Thailand. Where daily killing has been going on for 6 years now, it is none stop. This will let government kept Emergency Decree in Bangkok for long time.
so scary !
ตอบลบif this Incidence is mine .
i probably die . TT