Utter tissue of lies from start to finish. Outrageous and utterly offensive...this lass was not actually protesting...she was taking her mum and sister to a shopping centre nearby. Her sister was interviewed and said that....she was just caught up....wrong place wrong time.Angkana killed by bomb she carried, say police
By The Nation
Published on October 9, 2008
Following an autopsy report, police suspect 25-year-old Angkana Radapbanyavuth died because of a bomb she was carrying during Tuesday's street conflict, a police deputy spokesman said yesterday.
Pol Maj General Surapol Thuanthong, deputy spokesman of the Royal Thai Police, said, "The autopsy report showed Angkana's left ribs were broken. The injuries could have resulted from holding a bomb with her underarms or in her bag. They were too severe to be caused by police weapons," he said.
AVM Vichan Piewnum of Ramathibodhi Hospital said forensic examination of the 25-year-old Angkana (also known as Bow), revealed a large severe wound by her left breast, with bleeding in her lungs, heart and stomach. She had died while being transferred to the hospital.
" We deeply regret we could not save her life," he said, adding doctors suspected the device that killed her was of a hard material with hot particles.
The fatal injury was not caused by a tear gas canister, he said, because the wound was deep and large.
Meanwhile, the death of 50 year old man in the demonstrations is still a mystery. Vichan said forensic examination is continuing and hard material found in his wound is being tested at the Royal Thai Police Office.
Vichan said people who suffered amputated legs and arms could have been wounded by tear gas canisters bursting close to them.
Surapol said an investigation committee would be appointed to decide whether the protesters were injured by weapons they were carrying. He believed the injuries were too severe to have been caused by the weapons police officers used at the scene.
"(The injuries) occurred mostly to leg areas. It could be speculated they were caused by carried weapons, some in trouser pockets, some in bags," he said.
Police chief Pol General Patcharawat Wongsuwan said a non-partisan investigator should examine the bomb allegations.
"I believe police used only tear gas and shields," he said. "Tear gas cannot break legs and we need a neutral party to prove this.".
Chiang Mai University political scientist Thanet Charoenmuang said a neutral party must investigate the issue.
Foreign countries also use tear gas to control riot. But the use of bombs must be investigated of the source and objectives while it could be used by a third party, he said.
I can do that mate....stand a police officer 30 feet from me and I will fire a gas round at his chest. If hes still alive after that we can look at the burn and chemical wounds together. Mind you his ribcage will be behind his spine. Then we can fire another at his leg and watch it get ripped off by the impact. Then we can look at the photos of your officers doing the same to the crowd....."Tear gas cannot break legs and we need a neutral party to prove this.".
...like you get from a low velocity gas or baton round then....(The injuries) occurred mostly to leg areas.
... so why are there photos of officers with no gas masks on or on their belts firing what seem to be low velocity rounds. Gas officers are all issued with gas masks....ones without are normally carrying baton rounds."I believe police used only tear gas and shields,"
One more thing....bombs = shrapnel. No shrapnel.... no bomb. So no shrapnel wounds..... then no bombs....so what caused burns and chemical wounds.... hmmm..... hot gas rounds maybe?
I guess its easy to see when you come from a country that has had a lot of police enquiries about riots and baton round enquiries..... and where journalists are trained to seek the truth not kow tow to authority.
The fact the paper is willing to allow this slander to go unchecked, despite already reporting her as an innocent bystander, is just outrageous.
