Police and soldiers called in to restore order as cars torched,airport blocked and police station attacked on resort island of PhuketAn furious crowd hurled homemade fire bombs and torched vehicles at a police station on Thailand’s resort island of Phuket to protest against the deaths of two young men who died in a motorcycle crash while being chased by police.
The protest occurred outside the island’s main tourist areas at the Thalang police station, where a crowd that swelled to more than 300 blocked the road between 8pm on Saturday and 4am on Sunday, and said Lieutenant Amnuay Kraiwuttinan of Phuket police.
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Source: theguardian.com