"Eight out of 11 people, who died following hours of clashes between anti-government protesters and soldiers on Saturday, were killed by high velocity bullets to their heads and bodies, an independent autopsy committee disclosed on Monday afternoon.
Police General Hospital chief medical officer Jongjet Aowajenpong said the two other corpses were killed by an unknown type of bullets. Pol Maj Gen Jongjet said the committee will not reveal the cause of death of a Japanese reporter.
There were 21 deaths - 17 civilians, including a foreign reporter, and four soldiers - with 858 others injured in the political bloodshed in Bangkok on Saturday."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/17...elocity-bullets
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Autopsy: 8 out of 11 Reds killed by high velocity bullets
Started by Jesse, Apr 12 2010 04:22 PM
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Posted 12 April 2010 - 05:50 PM
I'm not sure where this gets Abhisit or the army. Isn't the M-16 rifle, which features a high velocity cartridge, standard issue in the Thai army ?
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Posted 12 April 2010 - 07:54 PM
The M-16 rifle has a muzzle velocity greater than 3500 ft/sec and is universally classified as a high velocity weapon, compared to the AK-47, which has a muzzle velocity of only 2300 ft/sec.
The M-16 has been standard issue in the US and Thai armies for years, but the Thais have been replacing some M-16's with the Israeli TAR-21,which also has a high velocity of 3000 ft/sec.
Remember that the autopsy simply said death was caused by a "high velocity bullet." No details were given about the calibre of the bullets for a possible weapons' match. It was the Nation that used the unusual term "super power rifle" whatever that's supposed to mean, with this strange comment: "High-powered rifles can only be used by specially trained gunmen particularly in the army." The photo that appeared in the Nation looks like a SWAT rifle with sniperscope. Not sure where or how the writer of the article came up with that match from the autopsy report.
Notwithstanding the Nation, the bottom line is that all eight people could have been shot and killed by a bullet from an M-16. That can easily be confirmed if and when the calibre of the bullets are made public.
The M-16 has been standard issue in the US and Thai armies for years, but the Thais have been replacing some M-16's with the Israeli TAR-21,which also has a high velocity of 3000 ft/sec.
Remember that the autopsy simply said death was caused by a "high velocity bullet." No details were given about the calibre of the bullets for a possible weapons' match. It was the Nation that used the unusual term "super power rifle" whatever that's supposed to mean, with this strange comment: "High-powered rifles can only be used by specially trained gunmen particularly in the army." The photo that appeared in the Nation looks like a SWAT rifle with sniperscope. Not sure where or how the writer of the article came up with that match from the autopsy report.
Notwithstanding the Nation, the bottom line is that all eight people could have been shot and killed by a bullet from an M-16. That can easily be confirmed if and when the calibre of the bullets are made public.
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Posted 13 April 2010 - 06:55 PM
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No details were given about the calibre of the bullets for a possible weapons' match.
What did you expect: CSI Miami ?
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Posted 14 April 2010 - 07:24 AM
Here's a new wrinkle, with the claim that those high velocity bullets came from army tanks:
"The anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on Tuesday claimed that the group has images and video clips showing the red-shirt protesters got hit by bullets from military tanks.
UDD co-leader and opposition Puea Thai Party MP Jatuporn Prompan said on the stage on Ratchaprasong intersection that the group has a 12-minute footage showing troops hurting the demonstrators in last Saturday's bloody clashes which left at least 21 deaths and more than 800 wounded. . .
"From one of the footages, it shows that a victim died because he was shot by a 12.8 round from a military tank," Mr Jatuporn said.The opposition MP then presented the footage to the demonstrators."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/1746...ng-people-clips
"The anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on Tuesday claimed that the group has images and video clips showing the red-shirt protesters got hit by bullets from military tanks.
UDD co-leader and opposition Puea Thai Party MP Jatuporn Prompan said on the stage on Ratchaprasong intersection that the group has a 12-minute footage showing troops hurting the demonstrators in last Saturday's bloody clashes which left at least 21 deaths and more than 800 wounded. . .
"From one of the footages, it shows that a victim died because he was shot by a 12.8 round from a military tank," Mr Jatuporn said.The opposition MP then presented the footage to the demonstrators."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/1746...ng-people-clips
