The
Thai Right-wing Government and Thai Army declare certain
protest areas to be "Live Fire Zones", almost a hundred Red-shirt frontier
protesters were killed.
The
Red Shirt political protest in Bangkok, Thailand has been active for nearly two
months now, and has entered a new, deadly phase in the past week, with at least
36 of the total 60 deaths occurring in just the last few days. Anti-government
protesters have barricaded themselves against government troops and the Thai
army has declared certain protest areas to be "Live Fire Zones". A state of
emergency is in effect, covering 17 provinces in the country, as protesters have
refused orders to leave, and news just emerged that a renegade general who
supported the Red Shirts, Khattiya Sawatdithol, died today from a gunshot wound
he suffered on May 13th. Collected here are photos of the recent turmoil in
central Bangkok. 
Anti-government riots in Bangkok, Thailand, May, 2010. Second Prize
Spot News Stories, Corentin Fohlen, France, Fedephoto. #
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"Red Shirt" anti-government protester kneels down as he runs away from gunfire
as the violence in central Bangkok continues on May 16, 2010 in Bangkok,
Thailand. (Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images)
Thai soldiers
stand off with a crowd of Red Shirt protesters, Friday, May 14, 2010 in Bangkok,
Thailand. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) #
Red
Shirt protesters (similar to the action scene in Avatar) fire home-made rockets
toward Thai soldiers on Sunday May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP
Photo/Sakchai Lalit) #
Major General Khattiya Sawasdipol , only
moments before being shot while being interviewed by Thai and foreign reporters
in Bangkok on May 13, 2010. Khattiya, better known as Seh Daeng, the Red
Soldier (Melon Soldier) and de facto military
chief of Thailand's red shirt protest movement later died from the wound.
(REUTERS/Cyrille Andres) #
Major
General Khattiya (Seh Daeng) slumps on the ground
moments after being shot in the head while being interviewed by Thai and foreign
reporters in Bangkok on May 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Cyrille Andres) #
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Buddhist monk prays for peace on the anti-government red shirt protesters main
rally stage on May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Getty Images) #
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demonstrator uses a slingshot against security forces during clashes in Bangkok
on May 15, 2010. (PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images) #
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demonstrator, wounded during clashes with security forces, is carried to an
ambulance in Bangkok on May 15, 2010. (PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images) #
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burning tire rolls toward the line of Thai soldiers moving to disperse Red Shirt
protesters on Friday, May 14, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Wason
Wanichakorn) #
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Red Shirt protester taunts Thai soldiers in downtown Bangkok, Thailand on
Friday, May 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) #
Red
Shirt anti-government protesters crouch on the ground after several gunshots
rang out and stuck two men, as hundreds of protesters gathered under the highway
bridge on Rama 4, during clashes between demonstrators and security forces in
Bangkok on May 16, 2010. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) #
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person peers out from behind the shutters of a shop during violent clashes
between Red Shirt protesters and the military on May 14, 2010 in Bangkok. (Andy
Nelson /Getty Images) #
Red
Shirt protesters create a burning barricade on Rama IV road to stop army
soldiers from advancing in Bangkok May 15, 2010. (REUTERS/Adrees Latif) #
Red
Shirt protesters add to a burning barricade in the streets on May 14, 2010 in
Bangkok, Thailand. (Andy Nelson /Getty Images) #
Red
Shirt demonstrators watch Thai soldiers from behind their makeshift barricades
on Friday, May 14, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/David Longstreath) #
Thai
soldiers in riot gear rest under a bridge outside the fortified camp of the Red
Shirt movement in downtown Bangkok on May 13, 2010. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty
Images) #
An
intoxicated Red Shirt supporter lies against a barricade made out of tires
during clashes at Rama IV Street in Bangkok May 16, 2010. (REUTERS/Jerry Lampen)
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Red Shirt supporter walks toward a barricade of tires which were set ablaze
between army soldiers and protesters near Bangkok's Victory Monument May 16,
2010. (REUTERS/Adrees Latif) #
Thai
Buddhist monks gather Sunday, May 16, 2010, at Victory Monument in Bangkok,
Thailand to chant prayers for peace. (AP Photo/David Longstreath) #
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Thai man believed to be a Red Shirt demonstrator lies dead in the street after
being shot by an unidentified sniper Saturday, May 15, 2010, in Bangkok,
Thailand. (AP Photo) #
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broken window in a burned out shop is seen as a Red Shirt protester runs by as
violence continues on May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Paula Bronstein/Getty
Images) #
Anti-government
Red Shirt protesters carry the body of their dead comrade who was believed to
have been shot by a sniper during clashes with Thai soldiers Saturday, May 15,
2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn) #
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Red Shirt demonstrator fires a homemade firecracker toward Thai security forces
as the violence in central Bangkok continues on May 16, 2010 in Bangkok,
Thailand. (Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images) #
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photographer takes a photograph as soldiers clash with anti-government Red Shirt
protesters in Bangkok May 17, 2010. (REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa) #
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demonstrator shoots a pistol during clashes with security forces in Bangkok on
May 15, 2010. (PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Thai man removes a can from a burning barricade in a main avenue of Bangkok
during clashes between demonstrators and security forces on May 16, 2010. (PEDRO
UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images) #
Anti-government
demonstrators are arrested by Thai soldiers in downtown Bangkok, Thailand,
Friday, May 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) #
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Red Shirt protester who was wearing a fire-fighter's helmet lies on the sidewalk
next to a flag with a red cross after being shot by army soldiers during clashes
at Rama IV Street in Bangkok May 15, 2010. (REUTERS/Jerry Lampen) #
Red
shirt protesters try to put out a fire as the violence in central part of the
city escalates on May 15, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Paula Bronstein/Getty
Images) #
Thai
soldiers help each other to take position on a flyover during an operation to
take control of an area around the fortified Red Shirt protesters' camp in
Bangkok on May 14, 2010. (PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images) #
Thai
security forces fire toward Red Shirt protesters during a street clash on May
14, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images) #
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Red Shirt supporter rallies with a Thai national flag from a "tuk tuk" after the
Red Shirts secured parts of Rama IV from army troops with a burning barricade of
tires in Bangkok May 15, 2010. (REUTERS/Adrees Latif) #
Pedestrians
pause near posters on a Bangkok street to watch smoke rise from burning tires in
Thailand on Monday, May 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) #
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soldier keeps watch near the perimeter of the barricaded anti-government Red
Shirt encampment at Bangkok's shopping district May 15, 2010. (REUTERS/Caren
Firouz) #
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man stands in front of a burning bus during clashes between Thai soldiers and
anti-government protesters near Lumphini park in Bangkok's financial district
May 14, 2010. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj) #
Guests
and hotel staff sit in dark in the basement of the Dusit Thani hotel after they
were evacuated following an explosion and gunfire being heard around the hotel
early on May 17, 2010. An explosion nearby rattled the hotel room. Bullets hit
the wall outside, then their telephones rang: "Come down you are under attack,"
the voice from reception warned. (MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images) #
Red
Shirt protesters set tires ablaze in front of a stand off with Thai military,
Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) #
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Thai soldier runs to take cover during a clash with Red Shirt anti-government
protesters in Bangkok on May 14, 2010. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) #
Dark
smoke rises above Bangkok, Thailand as Red Shirt protesters burn tires at a main
road downtown on Sunday, May 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) #
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