Police hunt for van attackers
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8 Mar 2021 at 04:30
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Demonstrators led by Jatupat 'Pai Dao Din' Boonpattarasaksa arrive at Democracy Monument after completing their 247.5-km anti-government march from Nakhon Ratchasima yesterday. Varuth Hirunyatheb
Police are working to identify those who hijacked police vehicles and helped two detained anti-government protesters escape during the protests in Bangkok on Saturday evening.
Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol Maj Gen Yingyos Thepjamnong said the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) hopes to identify the We Volunteer (WeVo) guards and anti-government protesters under the Restart Democracy (ReDem) banner who were involved in the incident.
On Saturday, a crowd of WeVo guards and protesters blocked a convoy of police vehicles taking detained protesters from the protest site in front of Major Cineplex Ratchayothin. They managed to force open the lock on the police vans and free some protesters, including one of WeVo's leaders, Piyarat "Toto" Chonthep.