BANGKOK — Savage clashes between protesters and Thai soldiers killed at least 18 people and injured hundreds before both sides retreated, no closer to ending a monthlong occupation of parts of the capital by demonstrators demanding new elections. Hopes were expressed for negotiations Sunday. Bullet casings, rocks and pools of blood littered the streets where […]
According to latest report from Narenthorn Medical Centre, there are 678 injuries and 15 deaths: 4 soldiers and 11 civilians. All the road intersections leading to the UDD protest site at Phan Fa bridge are being manned by securities personnel as reported by a TV late news. Bangkok Post
A Reuters cameraman was shot and killed Saturday during protests in Bangkok, Thailand, the news agency’s bureau there told CNN. He was Japanese, the bureau said. Further details of his death were not immediately clear. He was not identified. CNN
Eight people, including a foreign photographer, were killed as red shirts protesters battled with combined forces of police and soldiers. Erawan Rescue Center’s chief Phetpong Kamjornkitjakarn said a total of eight people were killed during the clashes. At least 486 people, soldiers and red shirts protesters were wounded. He confirmed that one victim was a […]
BANGKOK, April 10 (TNA) – Anti-government ‘Red Shirt’ United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protesters clashed with military personnel Saturday after the protesters marched to First Army Region headquarters, near the Royal Plaza, to enquire about warrants for the arrest of 24 UDD leaders after hearing that the army and police were preparing to […]
Red shirts protesters broke soldiers’ barricades and entered ThaiCom uplink station’s compound and were trying to enter the staton’s buildings in Lat Lum Kaew, Pathum Thani province at about 2.40pm. The protesters managed to raid the site although the soldiers threw smoke bombs to stop them. The protesters threw objects at soldiers and the buildings, […]
A grenade has been fired into the army headquarters, shattering the windows of commander Anupong Paojinda’s office. The attack took place about 40 minutes after midnight yesterday. A grenade fired from an M79 launcher landed near Gen Anupong’s office on the sixth floor. The impact of the explosion shattered the windows of the commander’s office, […]
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva conceded the enforcement of Internal Security Act (ISA) had failed to deter the protests by the red shirts. Abhisit then deemed it necessary to invoke the emergency decree over Bangkok. Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has been appointed to supervise the emergency rule. “We want to facilitate other actions to restore […]
