Published: 14/04/2010 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News
The government will find it difficult to go after the unidentified armed men it claims are working with the red shirts unless they can be lured out of hiding, a security source says.
The source said the group whom Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has called ''terrorists'' would not be an easy target for security forces to arrest even under normal circumstances.
Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban on Tuesday said the assailants who killed and injured civilians and soldiers on Saturday night were linked to certain red shirt leaders.
A number of the suspects were still standing guard in front of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship's rally stages, Mr Suthep said.
Security authorities on Tuesday released this picture of a man they say is an outsider who shot soldiers on Saturday.
The source said the shooters were unarmed during peaceful protests and many were disguised as ordinary protesters. They only came out to carry out their deadly tasks when there were clashes like that which took place on Saturday.
The government says it has been doing its best to differentiate between the red shirt demonstrators and what Mr Abhisit and Mr Suthep have called ''terrorists'' at the rallies at Phan Fa Bridge and Ratchaprasong intersection out of concern for protesters' safety.
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