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| Thailand: Red shirt leader shot and wounded as state of emergency imposed |
| 2014-01-23 |
| [CNN] A prominent Thai political activist was shot and maimed Wednesday, the day after the national government declared a state of emergency amid violence-plagued protests in Bangkok, a police official said. Unidentified people in a pickup truck opened fire on Kwanchai Praipana, a local leader of the pro-government "red shirt" movement, outside his home in Udon Thani province in northeastern Thailand, said police official Col. Kovit Charionwattanasak. His wounds aren't life-threatening, Kovit said. Police suspect the shooting may be politically motivated, he said, but they haven't ruled out a connection to Kwanchai's "personal conflicts." The attack is likely to fan tensions in Thailand's political crisis. In Bangkok, demonstrations against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra have been hit by attacks with explosives in the past week that have killed one person and maimed dozens. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Red shirt? Have these people never seen an episode of Star Trek? |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-01-23 19:51 |