Thai anti-government protester killed in overnight shooting
- 10 years ago
Originally published on December 28, 2013
A Thai protester was killed and four were wounded after a gunman opened fire on the demonstrators on Saturday (December 28).
Several hundred protesters are camped out in tents around the walls of Government House in Bangkok. According to Reuters, the shots could have come from a car as it drove past the protest site at around 3:30 a.m. Witnesses said they were sleeping when gunfire suddenly rang at that time. A man in his 30s had been killed and four others suffered gunshot wounds.
The shooting came 48 hours after clashes between Thai police and about 500 protesters in which two people were killed.
Anti-government protesters have been rallying for weeks in an attempt to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Yingluck is considered as a puppet of her brother, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
Yingluck dissolved the nation's parliament this month and called for new elections in an effort to cool tensions. However, the protesters have vowed to disrupt the election, which will be held on February 2. The protesters reportedly want an appointed "people's council" to oversee reforms instead of an election.
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A Thai protester was killed and four were wounded after a gunman opened fire on the demonstrators on Saturday (December 28).
Several hundred protesters are camped out in tents around the walls of Government House in Bangkok. According to Reuters, the shots could have come from a car as it drove past the protest site at around 3:30 a.m. Witnesses said they were sleeping when gunfire suddenly rang at that time. A man in his 30s had been killed and four others suffered gunshot wounds.
The shooting came 48 hours after clashes between Thai police and about 500 protesters in which two people were killed.
Anti-government protesters have been rallying for weeks in an attempt to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Yingluck is considered as a puppet of her brother, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
Yingluck dissolved the nation's parliament this month and called for new elections in an effort to cool tensions. However, the protesters have vowed to disrupt the election, which will be held on February 2. The protesters reportedly want an appointed "people's council" to oversee reforms instead of an election.
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