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Grenade wounds 1 in central Bangkok
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August 27, 2010, Friday
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A security guard was wounded in a grenade attack in central Bangkok, police said today, the third such incident in the last month while a state of emergency remains in place across Thailand's capital.
The grenade was tossed into the compound of the headquarters of Thai duty-free giant, King Power Group, late yesterday, on the same street where a bomb exploded a few weeks ago, seriously wounding a garbage collector.
The government has insisted an emergency decree remain in the capital and surrounding provinces, three months after the country's worst political violence in modern history, when 91 people were killed in clashes between troops and protesters.
"I cannot speculate on the motivation. But it could be an attempt to stir chaos in the area," Metropolitan Police Chief Santan Chayanond told reporters.
Thailand's deputy prime minister in charge of security, Suthep Thaughsuban, last week said continued emergency rule was justified because of intelligence reports that "red shirt" anti-government demonstrators were planning to regroup.
The law allows security agencies broad powers to impose curfews, make arrests without warrants, censor media and detain suspects without charge.
It was the third unexplained incident of its kind in the capital since July 25, when a bomb hidden at a bus stop outside a supermarket killed one man and wounded nine.
The grenade was tossed into the compound of the headquarters of Thai duty-free giant, King Power Group, late yesterday, on the same street where a bomb exploded a few weeks ago, seriously wounding a garbage collector.
The government has insisted an emergency decree remain in the capital and surrounding provinces, three months after the country's worst political violence in modern history, when 91 people were killed in clashes between troops and protesters.
"I cannot speculate on the motivation. But it could be an attempt to stir chaos in the area," Metropolitan Police Chief Santan Chayanond told reporters.
Thailand's deputy prime minister in charge of security, Suthep Thaughsuban, last week said continued emergency rule was justified because of intelligence reports that "red shirt" anti-government demonstrators were planning to regroup.
The law allows security agencies broad powers to impose curfews, make arrests without warrants, censor media and detain suspects without charge.
It was the third unexplained incident of its kind in the capital since July 25, when a bomb hidden at a bus stop outside a supermarket killed one man and wounded nine.
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