![]() Police on motorbikes were shuttling between troops and demonstrators in an apparent effort to mediate.Ībhisit had threatened on Sunday to take tough action against protesters who then began gathering in force in Bangkok. ![]() Huge fires from the petrol bombs blazed in the streets, and ambulances and firetrucks were at the scene. ![]() Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in Bangkok on Sunday after red-shirted supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra forced the cancellation of an Asian summit in the southern beach resort of Pattaya.Īt the Din Daeng intersection, Bangkok's biggest, troops repeatedly charged groups of protesters to clear a major road leading out of the city as Thailand began celebrating its three-day New Year's holiday on Monday.Ī Buddhist monk with a megaphone was standing in the intersection pleading for calm and telling the soldiers: "Don't shoot, think about your country." Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd told a radio station that troops fired into the air first in response to tear gas and smoke bombs thrown at them by protesters but then fired real bullets. ![]() BANGKOK, April 13 (Reuters) - The Thai army cracked down on anti-government protesters on Monday, firing warning shots in a major junction of the capital at activists who responded by hurling petrol bombs at them, a Reuters reporter said.Īn army spokesman said soldiers trying to clear a main road in Bangkok were shot at by protesters before dawn, and had fired back.
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