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Thai forces, protesters clash in Bangkok
By: cnn.comPosted On: 04/28/2010 11:03 A
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Thai security forces fired on crowds of anti-government protesters just outside the capital, Bangkok, Wednesday as tensions flared in the latest round of confrontations between the two groups.
Thai security forces fired on crowds of anti-government protesters just outside the capital, Bangkok, Wednesday as tensions flared in the latest round of confrontations between the two groups.
"This is a very tense and intense standoff," CNN's Arwa Damon reported. "There is row upon row of riot police."
Live ammunition and rubber bullets were being used by security forces, according to Damon.
The Erawan rescue agency said eight protesters were injured in the clashes. One soldier was accidentally killed by fire from security forces, police said.
Riot police and government troops had massed along a major highway to stop the progress of an anti-government convoy headed toward a location where demonstrators have gathered in the past.
Security forces and riot police were trying to disperse protesters, while the demonstrators along other portions of the highway stood in the way of troop reinforcements.
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