Bangkok Protester that had hand injured from firecracker tests positive for Covid

[Thaiger]

A man who recently attended a pro-democracy protest in Bangkok and had a hand “blown off” as he was trying to throw a firework has Covid, says police. Kissana Phatthanacharoen, the deputy spokesperson for the Royal Thai Police Office, said last night that the 14 year old would-be-firecracker-thrower tested positive for Covid while receiving medical attention for his severely injured hand at the Ramathibodi Hospital. Kissana reiterated the course of events that led to the 14 year old’s injured hand, that is, the firecracker exploded pre-throwing. An unnamed police source says the teenager was adorned in a vocational student’s workshop […]

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[gummy]

Well part of the report states he was receiving attention for his severely injured hand and another states he had it blown off so presumably they tested the hand for covid also separately ? 

[King Cotton]

' . . . The police spokesperson dismissed the report that police forced the teenager to hold onto the firecracker until it exploded as fake news.'

Fake news, eh? . . . Hmm. Having as good as opened the 'fake news' can of worms, looks like the police will be ready to explain much of their questionable behaviour as such. One cannot be blamed for such sceptical musings.

[Objectivance]

So he caught it from the firecracker? Let's assume, as it's as believable as the rest of the tales.

[Stonker]

27 minutes ago, King Cotton said:

' . . . The police spokesperson dismissed the report that police forced the teenager to hold onto the firecracker until it exploded as fake news.'

Fake news, eh? . . . Hmm. Having as good as opened the 'fake news' can of worms, looks like the police will be ready to explain much of their questionable behaviour as such. One cannot be blamed for such sceptical musings.

Well, look at the photo accompanying the article.

Do you see any police there?

 

Som nam na.

[King Cotton]

46 minutes ago, Stonker said:

1 hour ago, King Cotton said:

' . . . The police spokesperson dismissed the report that police forced the teenager to hold onto the firecracker until it exploded as fake news.'

Fake news, eh? . . . Hmm. Having as good as opened the 'fake news' can of worms, looks like the police will be ready to explain much of their questionable behaviour as such. One cannot be blamed for such sceptical musings.

Well, look at the photo accompanying the article.

Do you see any police there?

Som nam na.

Hmm . . . just sad that there was a report that the police felt the need to dismiss.

[Stonker]

4 hours ago, King Cotton said:

Hmm . . . just sad that there was a report that the police felt the need to dismiss.

Fair point, @K C, but to be fair to the BiB they had to either deny it or ignore it, so they're damned either way.

 

Whatever they do, they're going to be wrong.

 

The idea that he was so close to the BiB that when he lit the "firecracker" a snatch squad could sprint out into the crowd, grab him, hold his hand closed over it until it went off, then let him go and sprint back, is just a bit far-fetched - and that that was reported, whoever by, indicates just how imaginative some of these reports are.