Bangkok - A bomb thrown early Thursday among anti-government protestors gathered at Makkahawan Bridge in Bangkok wounded at least nine people, one of them seriously, radio reports said. The bomb was lobbed at members of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), who have been staging anti-government protests since May at Makkahawan Bridge.
PAD core leader Chamlong Srimuang blamed the attack on the government.
He said that the attack would not stop the PAD from marching on the British Embassy Thursday in Bangkok to demand the extradition of Thai former premier Thaksin Shinwatara.
The PAD is a loose coalition of conservative groups fanatically opposed to a return to power by Thaksin and his political allies.
On October 21, Thailand's Supreme Court for Political Office Holders found Thaksin guilty of abusing his powers as prime minister in 2003 by allowing his wife, Pojaman, to purchase a prime plot of land in Bangkok at a public auction.
Thaksin, who is living in exile in London with his family, was sentenced to two years in prison.
It is deemed unlikely that British authorities will extradite him to Thailand.
