Two anti-government protesters have been
killed and 21 wounded after unidentified
assailants attacked anti-government protesters
in Bangkok, raising fears of wider political
violence in Thailand.
Police said two M79 grenades were launched
into a protest site at the city's Democracy
Monument early on Thursday and were
followed by shooting.
"The first victim was a protester who was
sleeping at Democracy Monument, while the
second victim was a protest guard who died
from gunshots," Police Major Wallop
Prathummuang told the AFP news agency.
In a statement on its website, the city's Erawan
Emergency Centre said two people were killed
and 21 wounded, without giving further
details.
The deaths take the toll from six months of
protests aimed at toppling the government to
27, with hundreds of others wounded in gun
and grenade attacks linked to rallies.
In another development protesters broke into
the grounds of air force premises where
Niwatthamrong Boonsongphaisan, the interim
prime minister, was meeting the Election
Commission on Thursday, forcing him to flee,
the Reuters news agency reported.
Yingluck Shinawatra was removed as prime
minister by a Thai court last week, but was
quickly replaced by the ruling Puea Thai party,
who are refusing to bow to pressure, saying
they are the democratically elected
government.
