Police use rubber bullets and mob more - test tear gas firing

Police said they arrested six mob people, used rubber bullets and fired tear gas at a longer arc. Swipe to use real ammunition to shoot 2 injured teenagers at the red land – test firing tear gas tomorrow

Pol Maj Gen Yingyot Thepchamnong, spokesman for the police, Pol Maj Gen Piya Tawichai, spokesman for the Royal Thai Police, and Pol Col Kritsana Pattanacharoen, deputy spokesman for the joint police station. Summary of the situation of the Thaw Fa group gathering at Ratchaprasong Intersection And in front of the Royal Thai Police (Sq.) today (August 17) by demonstrators throwing objects at officers and throwing pink at the police sign until causing damage. After the end of the rally, some people gathered at the Din Daeng intersection and fired pyrotechnics, glass balls, and marbles at the officers again. causing officials to control the area around the Din Daeng intersection which are all illegal acts

Pol Maj Gen Piya said that initially six illegal demonstrators, two men and four women, were arrested, charged under the Emergency Decree and the Communicable Disease Control Act. and from July to the present A total of 78 cases have been prosecuted, 436 people have been prosecuted, and 159 have been arrested. The police had made several arrests before entering the rally area. The commander urged the police to control the crowd to keep their distance. in order not to be harmed by the trajectory of the weapon along with wearing protective equipment for safety by insisting that although some protesters will use weapons But the police will certainly not use live ammunition on the protesters. Ready to admit that officers are using more rubber bullets. Use tear gas to fire more long-range arc trajectories. to create a distance between the officer and the perpetrator

Pol Maj Gen Piya also referred to the incident in which two teenagers were shot and wounded near the Din Daeng police station on surveillance footage. There is a picture of the wounded running and falling. It was expected to be shot from somewhere nearby. then ran away In addition, the trajectory of the ammunition was found. From the Din Daeng Police Station, ammunition cannot pass through the area. because there are obstacles So confident that the police did not use real ammunition to shoot. The investigative department is currently investigating who caused the incident. Initially, a witness who witnessed the incident testified that the shooter was not a police officer. But they shot each other for unknown reasons. The details of this witness have not yet been disclosed. An examination of the damage at the Din Daeng Police Station found traces of being shot at six solid objects at the glass and the police station building. Tomorrow (August 18), firearms and ammunition inspectors will continue to inspect methods and trajectories.

However, tomorrow at 11:00 am at the Bunyajinda Stadium, the police club will have a demonstration of the use of dispersal devices such as tear gas and rubber bullets to the media to illustrate the use of it while on duty.