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Anusak Sianoun and Apichart Nakrit, both 22, were shot while attending an antiSamak Sundaravej demonstration.

They were among hundreds of students planning to march to his residence that night.

"The victims first gathered with their group at their campus. They will view the recordings from closedcircuit cameras there," a Metropolitan Police commander, MajGeneral Wimol Paoin, said yesterday.

Wimol said police believed motives for the attack are conflict among student leaders or protesters, local annoyance at the loud protest and a "thirdparty attempt to manipulate the political situation".

The Ramkhamhaeng University Network of Student's Power for Society condemned police General Jongrak Juthanont. Jongrak is both a deputy national police commissioner and acting metropolitan police chief.

The network is unhappy that Jongrak last week repeatedly suggested the two were shot because neighbours were angered by the use of loudspeakers.

"He should not try to influence the investigators in such a way," its statement said.

The network said the police should be on the side of the people.

"We hope local people will name the culprits in the shooting before the situation gets out of control," the statement said.

The network suspected the shooting was intended to deter students from joining antigovernment protests.

Coordinator Sikhanan Noolek encouraged students throughout the country to boycott classes until Samak resigns or dissolves the House.