Grenade Attack

This day in history, March 30, 1997, 14 years ago, 4 grenades were launched to a demonstration in Phnom Penh killing 16 and wounded around 100 people. The demonstration was organized and led by Sam Raingsy then President of the Khmer Nation Party as part of a campaign for judicial independence and to abolish corruption.. He was with the crowd when the attack occured but was safe, thanks to his bodyguards who covered him at the cost of their life.
    The investigations done with the assistance of the Amwerican Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - because one American was wounded - have identified some perpetrators but they were later killed or disappeared. No word of who are behind the attack until now.
    This attack is a big blow to human rights. The Cambodian people were traumatized by the Khmer Rouge reigime, now they are fear stricken by city violence. This attack has also an indirect on the newly restaured democracy with political parties subjected to organized violence.
     The US Government and the FBI should reexamine the case...