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Injuries as grenades explode in Bangkok
By: cnn.comPosted On: 04/22/2010 12:28 P
The Thai prime minister called an emergency meeting Thursday after five grenade explosions near anti-government protesters injured several people.
Estimates of the number of injured ranged from 13 to 30 as a result of explosions near a train station on Silom Road in the Thai capital.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva plans to meet with emergency officials and top military leaders to discuss the explosions, said Panitan Wattanayakornn, a government spokesman.The blasts happened near a train station where anti-government protesters known as the Red Shirts are gathered, said Col. Sansern Kaewkumnerd, spokesman for the Center for Resolutions under Emergency Situation.
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He said at least 13 people were hurt.
A nurse at the Erawan Emergency and Rescue Center, Naron Saengthaweepol, said at least 30 people were injured.
Thailand's capital has been gripped by several weeks of clashes between government forces and anti-government protesters.
The anti-government Red Shirts support former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a bloodless military coup in 2006. They want Vejjajiva to dissolve the government, hold new elections and leave the country.
In response to the protests, Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency April 7, hours after anti-government demonstrators stormed the country's parliament. He said then that the "purpose is to restore peace and order and to stop the spreading of false information to the Thai public." --
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