Police to arrest more suspects related to attacks during protests in Bangkok

BANGKOK, July 13 (TNA) - Police are expected to arrest more people suspected of committing a series of attacks during protests earlier this year after they have nabbed a suspected attacker about a week ago, said deputy national police chief Pol. Gen. Somyos Poompanmuang. He said more suspects, believed to have staged a series of attacks during demonstrations led by the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) against the Yingluck government, are expected to be apprehended this week. These people were believed to have been involved in several violent incidents in Bangkok, including a bomb attack in front of a major shopping mall in central Bangkok in February this year in which two children were killed, said Pol. Gen. Somyos. His remarks were made after police on July 5 arrested a suspect identified as Narongsak Plaiaram in Bangkok’s neighbouring province of Nonthaburi. He is suspected of staging grenade attacks on PDRC-led demonstrators in Bangkok. Pol. Gen. Somyos said so far police have arrested 15 suspects in national security cases while nine others are still on the run. (TNA)