International   

One dead in Thai clashes

BANGKOK: Thai troops opened fire on “Red Shirt” protesters on Wednesday during a tense confrontation on a highway in Bangkok's northern suburbs that left one soldier dead and 18 people injured.

The Army said it had used real bullets in the latest standoff in the capital, where 27 people have died and almost 1,000 have been injured this month in the worst political unrest in almost two decades.

Protesters hurled rocks at soldiers and riot police who used razor wire to block their convoy on a major road heading out of the city, where they have been rallying for weeks in a bid to overthrow the government. Troops fired into the air and also directly at the Red Shirts as the standoff between the two sides spilled over from the protesters' fortified rally base in the heart of the capital, which is under a state of emergency.

Security forces said they had seized 62 M79 grenades from suspected Red Shirts riding a motorcycle towards the area where the confrontation occurred. — AFP

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Sort out disputes, India, Pakistan told
Dump Brown, get support: Lib Dems
NRI doctor couple convicted
Chavez to join Twitter!
Pakistani pleads guilty to terror charges
One dead in Thai clashes

Copyright © 2010, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu