Army bullets used in Thai assassination bid: chief

Thailand's powerful army chief admitted Thursday that three bullets used in an assassination attempt on a political activist last week came from a military unit.

Investigators found 20 bullet casings at the site of the attack on Sondhi Limthongkul, founder of the "Yellow Shirts" movement which led a blockade of Bangkok's airports last year, General Anupong Paojinda said.

"Based on investigations, three of them were M16 bullets which were distributed in the First Army region to the Ninth Infantry," Anupong told reporters, referring to the widely used M16 assault rifle.



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