Police suspect a grenade attack at state-run Channel 11 station was the work of the same people behind last week's explosion at the King Power Complex on Rang Nam Road.
Pol Gen Panupong Singhara na Ayutthaya, an adviser to the Royal Thai Police and chief investigator on the case. said initial inquiries into yesterday's attack on the station suggest a link to last Thursday's explosion at King Power, which left a security guard in critical condition.
A grenade landed in the car park of the station on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road about 1.30pm.
It was the third time the station has been targeted this year after attacks on March 27 and April 4.
The grenade reportedly landed about five metres inside the entrance gate to the car park and detonated after hitting a tree.
Four cars were damaged but there were no reports of injuries.
Investigators believe the grenade was fired from an M79 launcher from the nearby elevated tollway.
Pol Gen Panupan said his team was reviewing footage from surveillance cameras on the tollway.
The incident was the latest in a string of bomb and grenade attacks across the capital that have taken place despite the emergency decree being in place.
A bomb hidden near a bus stop in front of Big C Ratchadamri exploded on July 25, killing one person.
Pol Gen Panupong said more checkpoints would be set up in the capital as a security measure.
His comments also follow reports suggesting that the underground railway and shopping malls could be targeted for attack.
The Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) said yesterday the attack on Channel 11 was aimed at inciting disorder.
CRES spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the centre's director, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, had instructed authorities to intensify intelligence operations.
Col Sansern said 11 spots had been identified as vulnerable to attack and police had been told to step up security measures.
He said security would be tightened at Channel 11, army-owned Channel 5 and public transport stations.
Meanwhile, the Thai Journalists Association and the Thai Broadcasting Journalism Organisation yesterday denounced the attack on Channel 11 in a joint statement.
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