Bangkok clashes rage on; death toll hits 17
Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 06:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Declaring the area a 'live firing zone,' soldiers take cover behind sandbags and on rooftops to isolate protesters wielding petrol bombs, stones, guns and homemade rockets. Fighting in Bangkok continued for a third day Saturday with the death toll mounting to 17 as Thai troops fired live rounds in a bid to contain and isolate anti-government protesters encamped in a glitzy shopping...