Wednesday, May 19, 2010

One red-shirt dead in Bangkok

Red shirt, Thai troops and an armoured vehicle take up their positions on a deserted road at the entrance of the business district during a rally by anti-government "red shirt" protesters in Bangkok May 19, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

BANGKOK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- One red-shirt protester was shot dead at about 9 a.m. Wednesday in Sarasin intersection as the troops tried to disperse the anti-government rally at downtown Bangkok, The Nation reported.

The TV channel 3 reported that the General Police Hospital in Bangkok had received people injured in the clashes during the dispersion operation. It was reported that 18 injured so far, among them two severely wounded.

The government spokesman Panithan Wattanayakorn announced earlier in televised address that the troops' operation to disperse the protesters at Ratchaprasong area, which has been occupied by the red-shirts since early April, will continue throughout the day. He warned people to avoid going into the areas where troops are pushing forward.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

wow,,What are they doing?