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 BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's powerful military council alleged Wednesday that New Year's Eve bomb attacks in Bangkok were staged by politicians and renegade army officers who are loyal to exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and want to topple the government.
The military council was set up after generals toppled Thaksin in a bloodless coup Sept. 19 and it later appointed an interim civilian government to run the country until promised elections in October. It vowed to severely punish those behind the bombings, which killed three people and wounded nearly 40 while the city was in the midst of New Year's celebrations.
"The evidence and intelligence information proves that the bombs were the dirty work of politicians who lost power and benefit," said Gen. Saprang Kanlayanamitr, a member of the Council for National Security. "Some bad soldiers loyal to the bad politicians collaborated with them with the intention to topple this government."
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