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Dutch journalist Michel Maas says that he was shot by the Thai army while reporting on the red shirt demonstrations.

In an interview with the IPI (International Press Institute), Michel Maas says that he has no doubt that he was shot by the Thai army.

I have no doubt whatsoever that it was the Thai army that shot me. No one else was shooting, as far as I could tell. The army had snipers on the ‘Skytrain’ over our heads, and soldiers in the Park just in front of us, covering the entire front line area. And troops were advancing from the direction from where I was shot.

Mr. Maas's claim contradicts repeated statements by the Thai government that the army did not have snipers on the BTS skytrain. It also casts further doubt on the claim that “terrorist elements” had infiltrated the red shirt movement and were responsible for most of the casualties.