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In Rememblance: Red Shirts & Thai Troops Clash at Democracy Monument, April 10, 2010

Red Shirts & Thai Troops Clash at Democracy Monument, April 10, 2010. Part 1

Uploaded on Apr 10, 2010
BANGKOK A crackdown on anti-government protesters in Thailand's capital Saturday left at least 15 people dead and more than 650 injured, with no progress toward ending a monthlong standoff with demonstrators demanding new elections.

It was the worst violence in Bangkok since more than four dozen people were killed in an antimilitary protest in 1992. Bullet casings, rocks and pools of blood littered the streets where pitched battlesraged for hours.

Army troops later retreated and asked protesters to do the same, resulting in an unofficial truce.

Four soldiers and 11 civilians, including a Japanese cameraman, were killed, according to the government's Erawan emergency center.
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Red Shirts & Thai Troops Clash at Democracy Monument, April 10, 2010. Part 2

Uploaded on Apr 11, 2010
BANGKOK A crackdown on anti-government protesters in Thailand's capital Saturday left at least 15 people dead and more than 650 injured, with no progress toward ending a monthlong standoff with demonstrators demanding new elections.
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Red Shirts & Thai Troops Clash at Democracy Monument, April 10, 2010. Part 3

Uploaded on Apr 12, 2010
BANGKOK A crackdown on anti-government protesters in Thailand's capital Saturday left at least 15 people dead and more than 650 injured, with no progress toward ending a monthlong standoff with demonstrators demanding new elections.