Police seek arrest warrants against nine instigators of Phuket riot
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Police are seeking arrest warrants for nine key instigators of the riot that took place at the Thalang Police Station in Phuket province.
“They are local, young people. Some of them have had records of drug abuses and alcohol consumption,” Phuket police chief Pol Maj General Patchara Boonyasit said Tuesday.
Hundreds of people went on a rampage at the Thalang Police Station late Saturday night. The stoning and arson attacks went on until the wee hours of Sunday after two young drug suspects died in a crash during a police chase.
Some policemen were injured during the riot.
Patchara Tuesday emphasised that rioters who threw incendiary bombs at vehicles and rock at the police station’s buildings would be brought to justice.
