A 49-year-old woman was taken into military custody last night for this past weekend’s grenade attack on a Bangkok court.
Supaporn “Dear” Mit-arak is accused of being the principal planner of Saturday night’s attack, in which a grenade was thrown from a passing motorcycle onto the grounds of the Criminal Court, to little apparent effect and no injury.
Supaporn was arrested in Mukdahan province and is being held at a military facility, according to Khaosod English. Military sources also claim one of the two men directly involved in the attack said Supaporn paid him THB20,000 to toss the grenade into the court’s parking lot.
Two men and two women previously arrested were handed over by the military to police today, according to state media. They were identified as Mahahin Khunthong, who allegedly operated the motorcycle used in the attack; Yuttana Yenpinyo, who is accused of throwing the grenade, Nattapat On-ming, a woman linked to recruiting the two men who might have been Mahahin’s girlfriend; and Tachapan Pokkrong, another woman the pair implicated to authorities.
Saturday’s attack was the second such incident since Feb. 1, when two small explosions caused panic in the Siam Square area.
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