OCCUPY BANGKOK : ANTI GOVERNMENT PROTESTER WOUNDED BY GUN SHOT

was shot on the left shoulder by shotgun bullets.
According to the Thung Songhong police, a man riding in a motorcycle came near the road blockade and was seen to have a talk with the guard. Shortly after a talk, the man left in his motorcycle and a gunshot was fired into a group of guards

The injured guard was identified as Samran Chanthong-on, 36, a resident from Cha-uat district of Nakhon Si Thammarat.

He was shot on the left shoulder by shotgun bullets.

According to the Thung Songhong police, a man riding in a motorcycle  came near the road blockade and was seen to have a talk with the guard. Shortly after a talk, the man left in his motorcycle and a gunshot was fired into a group of guards.

Samran fell on the ground after being hit by a bullet.
He was rushed to Mongkutwattana hospital for treatment. Doctors said he is now safe but still has to remain in hospital to recover from shot wound.

Police suspected the man might be angry when he could not pass the blockade and shot at him.

Police said they are looking into video footages from several surveillance cameras on the road to bring the gunman for trial.

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The shooting occurred at about 02.30 a.m. today at a coffee house “A Big Seat” which is in front of the office of the Democrat party. A group of protesters from Rayong province was camping out near the coffee house. They arrived in Bangkok to join the Bangkok Shutdown protest today.

A Camry sedan was reported to come near the office and a man was seen sliding down the side windshield and sprayed bullets into the coffee house.
The driver then sped off immediately.
There was no injury but the glass door and window of the coffee house were  broken with a dozen of bullets.

Forensic police arrived to inspect the scene this morning to collect evidence.
Police said it might be the work of ill-intention people wanting to incite violence.

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BANGKOK, Jan 13 – Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said today that today’s early morning shooting into the coffee shop at the party headquarters was a political intimidation.

He called on the government to urgently end the current political conflicts, saying the Election Commission (EC) has proposed delaying the general election but caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra claimed in her statement to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that the government was not authorised to do that.

“If the election is postponed, (the government) should agree with society on which direction the country will move on. It’s not a matter of solving the problem merely to enable the government to stay on in power. It’s the government’s duty to find a resolution for the nation,” said Mr Abhisit.

After inspecting the damage at his party quarters, Mr Abhisit and some party executives took the BTS Skytrain from Aree station for Pathumwan – one of the six rally sites for the Bangkok shutdown — to meet the anti-government protesters.

The anti-government protesters from the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) have begun occupying major intersections and closed roads under the Bangkok Shutdown campaign to pressure caretaker PM to resign.  (MCOT online news)

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Unknown number of gunmen fired gunshots into the home of a woman activist of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) in Udon Thani province before dawn today, damaging her car.

The shooting was reported to Muang Udon police station this morning by Sub Lt Arunee Yothavichit, a land official at Phen district.

She said she was inside the house when she heard sound of gunshots at about 02.00 a.m. today. At first she thought the sound was from firecrackers and did not come out to see.

However, when her husband returned home and alerted her that her car parked inside the house was riddled with several bullets. She then came to see and found that her Honda car was riddled with four bullets.