15 killed in Bangkok protests
April 10, 2010
CNN
Watch Video of the Red Shirt clash with police in Bangkok
Published: 11/04/2010
Bangkok Post
All the road intersections leading to the UDD protest site at Phan Fa bridge are being manned by securities personnel as reported by a TV late news.
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CHAOS IN THE WARDS, CASUALTIES TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BY BOAT
- Published: 11/04/2010
- Bangkok Post
Ten red shirt protesters, four soldiers and a Japanese journalist died hundreds were injured following hours of violent clashes on Ratchadamnoen Avenue on Saturday.
ONE IN THE EYE: A UDD supporter suffered a cut eyebrow on Ratchadamnoen Avenue near the Phan Fa Bridge. PHOTO: APICHART JINAKUL
Hiro Muramoto, a Japanese photographer for Thomson Reuters on assignment to Thailand from his usual base in Tokyo, was shot and killed during the riots, said the press director of the Metropolitan Hospital, Pichaya Nakwatchara.
More than 680 people were injured in the melee, said Deputy Bangkok Governor Malinee Sukavejworakit.
Most of the injuries were minor due to the effects of the tear gas and rubber bullets used during clashes between red shirt protesters and soldiers throughout the day.
But dozens were seriously injured by gunshots, as well as M67 and M79 grenades during the clashes at Khok Wua as the troops closed in on the red shirts' main stage at Phan Fa Bridge.
- Earlier report: Blood in the streets
A male red shirt protester was shot during the afternoon clashes at Makkhawan Rangsan bridge. The bullet went through his abdomen and lung. He was sent to Wachira Hospital for an emergency operation, said Dr Malinee.
A private who was shot in the knee was sent to Siriraj Hospital for treatment. Another soldier was sent to Phramongkutklao Hospital after being shot in the hand, said Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanavisit.
The injured were sent to Wachira Hospital, General Hospital, Siriraj Hospital, Police General Hospital, as well as Chulalongkorn, Mission and Hua Chiew hospitals, Mr Jurin said.
Private Sirapob Kongbuppa was stabbed in the neck with a sharp stick during afternoon clashes at Miksakawan intersection. He was sent to Phramongkutklao Hospital for surgery and was in stable condition, said hospital director Maj Gen Krissada Duangurai.
Dozens of soldiers were sent to hospital with minor injuries, he said.
Col Mana Prinyasiri said he was shot in the leg while he was in a helicopter spreading pamphlets over Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue.
The scene at Phramongkutklao Hospital was one of chaos in the aftermath of last night's clashes at Khok Wua intersection and Democracy Monument. There weren't enough beds for injured soldiers, so doctors had to treat them on stretchers along the hallways of the emergency ward. Most of the injured soldiers were from the Royal Guards' 2nd Infantry Division in Prachin Buri.
Hundreds of medics stationed at Ratchadamnoen Avenue had difficulty bringing patients to hospital due to tear gas attacks, gunfire and bombs in the area. They even had to resort to transferring patients to General Hospital by boat, said Prajakwich Lebnark, deputy director of the Emergency Medical Institute.
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