Day of violence leaves at least one dead, many injured

This morning the number of injured has been revised upwards by the Erawan Centre to more than 150. The death toll has also been revised upwards to two.

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12:20 

A second death has been reported, a 30-year-old male protesters who had been shot in the chest. He died at 3am this morning at King Mongkut Hospital, reports say. As for the taxi driver who was severely beaten when he apparently complained about traffic congestion, doctors now say he is in stable condition with serious head wounds. The injury toll now stands at 153 with 38 still in hospital.

11:45

Of the 143 wounded, only 30 remain in hospitals.  Of them, three men and one woman are seriously injured.

One of the men, a security guard for the protesters, was shot in the head and underwent an operation at Ratchawithi Hospital; one was shot in  the abdomen and is being treated at King Mongkut Hospital; and the other suffered a serious cut to the head and is in Ramathibodi Hospital.

The seriously injured woman is being treated at Phayathai Hospital. She was shot in the left side of the chest.  The bullet went through one of her lungs.

Dr Udom Chaowarin, director of Ratchawithi Hospital, said the security guard for the Network of Students and People for Reform of Thailand had begun to respond by opening his eyes.  He is still under the doctors' close watch.

Policeman killed as violence escalates

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A policeman was killed during clashes with anti-government protesters at the Thai-Japanese Stadium in Din Daeng district yesterday morning.

The violence also left 26 other officers and 70 protesters injured.

The dead policeman was identified as Pol Sen Sgt Maj Narong Pitisit, 45, from Talat Phlu police station.

He was shot in the chest around 3.45pm, the Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (Capo) said.

He was later pronounced dead at the Police General Hospital.

His wife, five-year-old son and family members arrived at the hospital and grieved the loss of their loved one.

Clashes erupted at the stadium at about 7.30am as anti-government protesters under the Network of Students and People for Reform of Thailand tried to break into the stadium's grounds to obstruct the drawing of the party-list candidacy numbers.

Most of the injured suffered the effects of tear gas, rubber bullets and were hit with unknown hard objects.

One of the protesters was hit in the head by a live bullet. His current condition is unknown.

At least four reporters and photographers covering the Din Daeng clashes were also injured yesterday — an ASTV manager and a Reuters photographer were hit by rubber bullets, while Bangkok Post photographer Patipat Janthong sustained a wrist fracture after being hit by a rock.

Sorawit Chamnongrit, a Thai Rath newspaper reporter, was hit in the chest by a live bullet during the clash.

He was admitted to Phayathai Hospital and was now in stable condition.

Caretaker Foreign Minister and Capo chief Surapong Tovichakchaikul said tear gas and rubber bullets were used against the protesters because they invaded and destroyed government property, which was in violation of the law.

The protesters also obstructed the election process, he said.

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