Bombs in Silom

[anakot]

This just come in on wire here in HK a la BKPost
"Four bombs exploded on Silom Road not far from the red-shirts' rally site on Thursday night, injuring at least 10 people including a male foreigner, police said.

The grenades were believed to be fired from M79 grenade launchers.

The first three explosions took place at around 8pm, injuring three men.

One of the grenades hit Sala Daeng skytrain station, injuring a skytrain passenger. Another bomb went off at Thaniya Road, injuring the male foreigner.

All of the injured were rushed to Bangkok Christian Hospital.

The explosions took place after 8pm"

Will this stop the SGF queens scrapping? Probably not!

[Diec]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8638387.stm

You'll be prefectly safe if you don't go near the protest site
Two foreigners were included in the wounded in the grenade attack on Sala Daeng BTS station

[psd1315]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIg-UY30OPE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIg-UY30OPE)

[quote=various ex-pats on this Forum]You'll be prefectly safe if you don't go near the protest site
Two foreigners were included in the wounded in the grenade attack on Sala Daeng BTS station[/quote:6ijvcv89]

Saladang was right in the middle of a protest site, you twit!

[TrongpaiExpat]

Good to have the Colonel back. So, Colonel Andrew want to meet up somewhere? Outside the protest site that is.

Saladang was right in the middle of a protest site, you twit!You don't say! I guess that's why everyone thought they were pretty safe on an elevated railway station. Besides, as the protest sites keep moving, does that mean all those other sex tourists you keep encouraging to come to Bangkok ("it's so safe") will have to keep changing hotels based on the daily news bulletin?
Good to have the Colonel back. So, Colonel Andrew want to meet up somewhere? Outside the protest site that is.I have read nothing of yours that tells me that you are anyone worthwhile meeting. Since you think I have some military rank that confirms my opinion.

[TrongpaiExpat]

Colonel Andrew Homintern, at your service. You have to admit, it has a nice ring to it.

[Beachlover]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIg-UY30OPE

Interesting video... thanks for posting.

Just crazy. So using 40mm grenade launchers in crowded places has become pretty routine in Bangkok now.

I hope the lunatics don't progress to using 66mm rockets or 81mm mortars. You could almost guarantee many fatalities then.

I just found this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34hSEPOC71g

I'm having a bit of trouble deciding what's going on but the comments suggest it shows a "shot" from the flyover.

[TrongpaiExpat]

It's amazing, you can just walk around and into the red camp and shoot a video. Their supply lines are going unimpeded and they have electricity, food and water.

That looks like that's the point of impact rather than the point where it was launched from to me. I did not think those launchers made a smoke plume?

Some of these U tube clips are better than what the Thai TV stations are running. Thai TV was running the usual programing and did not report anything until almost two hours after the bombs and then the reports were sketchy and erroneous.

With all the cell phone cameras out there today, I wonder of someone caught the one(s) doing the launching? There must be a Zapruder cameraman out there somewhere shooting from the grassy knoll.

It's amazing, you can just walk around and into the red camp and shoot a video.And some of us do.