On the morning of the 6th October 1976, the Thai state committed a political crime by crushing the student movement at Thammasat University with weapons of war. In addition to this, the police cooperated with right-wing gangsters who had gathered outside the university to oppose the students. In doing so, they allowed innocent people to be murdered in the most barbaric manner at Sanam Luang, opposite the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and Wat Mahatart.