Army blamed for murder of six at Wat Pathum Wanaram temple in 2010 protest

BANGKOK, Aug 6 – The Bangkok South Criminal Court ruled today that six people killed in a Buddhist temple compound during the 2010 political protest were hit by bullets from government authorities.

Based on an autopsy report, the court said the six victims were killed by .223 high velocity bullets coming from the direction of occupied by government forces on a BTS Skytrain station platform in front of Wat Pathum Wanaram on Rama I Road – a restricted area under the order of the now-defunct Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES).

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