Posted by Though most autopsy results on the 89 victims of the redshirt crackdown in May are ready to be made public, “it is still difficult to identify who killed them”, a senior Department of Special Investigation official said yesterday.
Of the 89 killed, autopsy on 73 bodies has been completed.
“The identification process is rather problematic, given the fact that firearms were used by both security officials and unidentified militants,” Phayao Thongsen said at a DSI press conference yesterday. “There were also a number of governmentissued assault rifles that were seized by redshirt protesters and used against soldiers. To find out who killed whom will take time and require a delicate identification procedure.”
Autopsy results in all cases can be revealed as soon as the DSI leaders give the greenlight, Phayao said, adding that the identification should be ready in the next two months.
Of the 89 killed, autopsy on 73 bodies has been completed, Phayao said. The remaining bodies are of those killed during the intense fighting from May 14 to May 19 and have not yet been handed over to the DSI by police. “They should be handed over by the end of this month,” he added.
News item courtesy of The Nation at www.nationmultimedia.com
