Two dead in Bangkok drive-by attack

Friday, 15 May, 2014 0

There is increased tension on the streets of Bangkok after two people were gunned down and 21 were wounded in a drive-by and a grenade attack at anti-government protest camps in the Thai capital.

Witnesses reported explosions and gunfire at a protest camp at the city’s Democracy Monument.

The latest deadly incident comes after former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was removed by a Thai court last week.

At least 27 people have been killed and hundreds wounded since the protest campaign began in November.

The current anti-government protesters want to replace Ms Yingluck’s administration with an unelected "people’s council".

The protests by pro- and anti-government groups show no signs of letting up, exposing the Thai economy, and in particular its tourism industry, to a sharp slowdown.



 

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