MARCH 30, 1997 GRENADE ATTACK

 

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PHNOM PENH, 30 MARCH 1997
 SAM RAINSY LEADS A DEMONSTRATION IN FRONT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
A GROUP OF TERRORISTS THROW FOUR GRENADES INTO THE CROWD

8.00 am: Beginning of the demonstration    "Down with the communist Judiciary!"   A few minutes after the grenade attack
   
A few minutes after the grenade attack   A few minutes after the grenade attack   A few minutes after the grenade attack
   
A demonstrator carries another one   A few minutes after the grenade attack   A fatally injured demonstrator
   
At least 16 dead...   ...and more than 100 seriously wounded   A victims is carried away
   
The dead and the wounded   The dead and the wounded   The dead and the wounded
   
A young victim at the hospital   The dead and the wounded   The dead and the wounded
   
 Victims are carried away   Victims are carried away   Sam Rainsy with Chea Vichea (wounded)
   
 Soldiers arrive on the scene   First aid arrives too late for many victims   Policemen arrive on the scene
   
Victims' motorcycles are taken away   Policemen arrive on the scene   Paying respects to the dead, one day later
   
Some victims have become handicapped   Sam Rainsy behind a handicapped victim   Stupa dedicated to the victims