Police investigate attack on People's Army protesters
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Police were collecting evidence yesterday from the crime scene at Urupong Intersection where several Molotov cocktails were thrown at the tents of protesters belonging to the 'People's Army to Overthrow the Thaksin Regime'.
The attack resulted in the slight injury of one of the protesters' guards.
The firebombs, placed in energy drink bottles, were reportedly thrown down onto the protesters’ tents from the Urupong Expressway at about 2am, along with a number of leaflets criticising the protesters’ for blocking traffic.
Phayathai superintendent Pol-Col Saman Rodkamnerd said CCTV footage from security cameras in the area was also being collected around the time of the incident.
Thirty policemen have now been deployed at the protest site to provide night-time security, he added.
