







Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch, said that “both sides of Thailand's political divide use violence and spin to serve their political goals.”

Such attacks are likely to continue, he added, which will “make the situation worse by deepening mistrust and escalating tension between the two sides.”




Police Col. Kamthorn Auicharoen, an explosive ordnance disposal officer investigating the attack, said intact grenades levers found at the scene indicated the explosives were Russian-built, anti-personnel RGD-5s.


Sunai called on police to find the perpetrators, saying that “up until now, we haven't seen any serious investigation into these attacks.”

But he also said police have had trouble probing the blasts. They are largely kept away from protest sites, and after Friday's attack, they were prevented from accessing the area “by protesters who see them as an partial party that is working for the government.”
