Wat Pathum Wanaram victims killed by soldiers: Criminal Court
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The Criminal Court ruled on Tuesday that the six individuals who were killed at Wat Pathum Wanaram during the 2010 political violence were fatally wounded by bullets fired by the state authorities.
The Court said the victims were killed by 5.56mm high velocity bullets fired by soldiers stationed on Skytrain on Rama I Road. Another man was shot by soldiers from the ground.
About 90 people were killed over several weeks in 2010 when the demonstrators occupied downtown Bangkok for nine weeks before they dispersed due to deadly army crackdown.
The inquest dismissed claims by a soldier that there was an unidentified armed group near the temple when the shootings happened, saying there was not enough evidence. It also said the six people were not using any weapons when they were killed.
