国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

Home

Blast wounds 36 anti-government protesters in Bangkok

Updated: 2014-01-17 19:31 (Agencies)
Comments

Blast wounds 36 anti-government protesters in Bangkok

Anti-government protesters carry a fellow protester injured in a grenade attack during a rally in Bangkok Jan 17, 2014. A bomb went off as anti-government protesters marched in central Bangkok, spurring fears about rising political tension. Police and health officials said a bomb exploded near the area where protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban was marching on a road in central Bangkok, injuring at least 28 demonstrators.[Photo/Agencies] 

BANGKOK - An explosive device tossed at anti-government protesters wounded 36 in central Bangkok on Friday and other violence rippled through the Thai capital after several days of relative calm when the movement appeared to be running out of steam.

At least one protester was seriously hurt.

Police said the device was hurled at protesters marching with their leader, Suthep Thaugsuban, near Chulalongkorn University in the city centre.

"When the incident happened and perpetrators threw the explosive, Suthep was 30 metres away," Akanat Promphan, a spokesman for the movement, told Reuters. Suthep was unharmed.

It was not immediately clear who was responsible and the nature of the device was unknown as forensic experts were prevented from entering the area.

"We have received 12 people who were injured in the blast. One person is seriously injured and the other 11 have sustained various types of injuries, some minor," said an official at Ramathibodi Hospital.

The overall injury toll came from the Erawan Medical Center, which monitors Bangkok hospitals.

The latest unrest flared in November and escalated on Monday when the demonstrators led by Suthep, a former opposition politician, brought parts of the capital to a standstill and forced many ministries to close.

They accuse Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her brother, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, of corruption and say they want her to step down to make way for an unelected "people's council" to push through broad political reforms.

She has called an election for February 2 and now heads a caretaker administration, but the protesters and opposition parties are boycotting the vote and want her to go immediately.

The protests have been relatively peaceful until now, but sporadic flare-ups between protesters, police and government supporters have left eight people dead and scores injured.

The demonstrations are the biggest since pro-Thaksin protesters paralyzed Bangkok in April-May 2010. That movement ended with a military crackdown and more than 90 people, mostly protesters, were killed during the events.

The stock market fell on Friday as investors cut some risk exposure after the blast and was down 0.5 percent at the end of trading. The baht currency also fell but was a shade higher on the day.

Previous Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next Page

Most Popular
...
和龙市| 绥德县| 会宁县| 和平区| 通辽市| 大名县| 日土县| 阳朔县| 文登市| 浦城县| 洪泽县| 股票| 武定县| 柳州市| 霍邱县| 临漳县| 聂拉木县| 凭祥市| 泰兴市| 涞水县| 文昌市| 鄂伦春自治旗| 资兴市| 四平市| 凤庆县| 鄄城县| 云林县| 苍山县| 安塞县| 霍邱县| 长顺县| 定州市| 邓州市| 陆良县| 神池县| 汤阴县| 宁陕县| 孝义市| 郓城县| 绵阳市| 莎车县|