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The
unidentified youth, together with a 13-year-old who is too young
to be investigated, is suspected of having fired the gun from a
garden or house window at a group of cyclists that included King
Maha Vajiralongkorn, a regular visitor to Bavaria, and his
entourage.
"A toy pistol, a soft air pistol, was used. First it was fired
at a group of cyclists, one of whom was the King of Thailand,"
said Thomas Rauscher, prosecutor in the southern town of
Landshut. Neither the king nor any of his entourage was hurt.
The palace in Bangkok, when contacted by Reuters on Thursday,
said it did not know about the incident.
"We have no details," said an official at the palace's news
division who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of
the matter in Thailand.
Prosecutors said the king's household said they had no interest
in charges being brought in the case.
Reuters was unable to contact the youth, who has not been
identified, or representatives for him.
It was not clear who had drawn the incident to the attention of
the police. Representatives at the Thai Embassy in Berlin were
not available for comment.
Later, more shots were allegedly fired at the king's car in the
small, historic town of Erding, some 35 kilometers (22 miles)
from Munich, the prosecutor said.
The 14-year-old is being investigated for attempted grievous
bodily harm and it was unclear whether the boys knew who they
were shooting at, said the prosecutor.
His office will decide whether to charge the teenager with a
criminal offenSe. The shooting happened on June 10 at about 11
p.m. (2100 GMT).
The king ascended the throne in December after the death in
October of his father, the revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who
had reigned for seven decades.
His coronation is likely to take place at the end of the year, a
deputy prime minister in Thailand has said.
(Reporting by Madeline Chambers; Additional reporting by Bangkok
Bureau; Editing by Peter Millership, Amy Sawitta Lefevre and
Nick Macfie)
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