Two Ramkhamhaeng University students were shot and injured by unidentified gunmen last night while marching with about 100 other students to Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's residence to call for his resignation. The students, identified as Anusak Khian-oon and Apichart Nakrit, were taken to Sri Siam hospital. Mr Anusak, 22, had two bullet wounds in his right thigh, while Mr Apichart, also 22, was shot in the elbow.
The shooting happened about 8.30pm on Soi Navamintr 17 on Sukhapibal 1 road, about seven kilometres from the prime minister's house on Soi Navamintr 81.
After the shooting, the students gathered at Lat Phrao police station to file charges against the gunmen and urged police to arrest them.
The students told police they saw two men on a motorcycle approach their group. The men, wearing black clothes and crash helmets, suddenly opened fire on them.
Acting city police chief Pol Gen Jongrak Juthanont said the students were possibly wounded by a .22 calibre gun.
Pol Gen Jongrak said he had been trying to convince the students to abandon their rally at the prime minister's residence as their gathering was a breach of the emergency decree, which bans an assembly of more than five people.
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