Grenades wound two soldiers amid Thai protests: military

BANGKOK, March 15, 2010 (AFP) - Grenade attacks on a Bangkok military base Monday wounded two soldiers as tens of thousands of anti-government protesters massed at another barracks in the Thai capital, a military spokesman said.

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva gestures prior press conference at military base in Bangkok on March 15, 2010. AFP photo
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva gestures prior press conference at military base in Bangkok on March 15, 2010. AFP photo

Four M-79 grenades exploded at the base in the centre of the capital at 1:30 pm (0630 GMT), injuring one soldier in the arm and the other in the stomach, army spokesman Colonel Sunsern Kaewkumnerd said.

"Initially we suspect that the grenades were fired from a car," said Sunsern. "At the moment we have no information on the perpetrators."

The incident happened as crowds of red-shirted protesters massed in front of the 11th infantry army barracks on Bangkok's northern outskirts, where the government has been holed up, to press their demand for snap elections.

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