Probe of weapons used in Silom attack ready in a week; More financial aid offered

BANGKOK, April 25 (TNA) -- Results on an investigation on types of weapons used during attacks against ‘Multi-Coloured Group’ people at Bangkok’s Sala Daeng last week are expected to be issued in a week, a senior Justice Ministry official said Sunday.

Dr Porntip Rojanasunan, director of Central Institute of Forensic Science, told journalists she expected that types of weapons used in series of attacks against the pro-government ‘Multi-Coloured Group’ on April 22 should come out within a week.

So far the committee has not yet made any conclusion on the types of weapons fired on that day in which one woman was killed and more than 80 others wounded.

Dr Porntip went to Sala Daeng intersection at the head of Bangkok’s Silom Road financial district again Sunday and collected samples of BTS Skytrain roofing which was damaged by the explosion as well as from the facade of the Bank of Ayudhya, near the Skytrain station, for further assessment.

In another development, the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security had initially offered each wounded person from the Sala Daeng incident Bt2,000 for medical treatment, an aide to the minister said.

The aide said the ministry is expected to pay families of those killed and those wounded in the April 10 clashes between UDD protesters and army troops on Ratchadamnoen Avenue as the number of those who had registered rose to 489 people.

The secretary said 95 wounded persons from both incidents remain in hospital. (TNA)