Source: DTN News (NSI News Source Info) BANGKOK, Thailand - May 15, 2010: A 'red shirt' protester uses a sling shot in front of burning tyres during clashes with army soldiers at Rama IV Street in Bangkok May 15, 2010. Thailand's military will send in reinforcements to assist troops struggling to seal off an encampment occupied by thousands of anti-government protesters, an army spokesman said on Saturday.
Anti-government red shirt protester flies the Thai flag as a fellow protester encourages other to advance up a street as the violence in central part of the city escalates on May 15, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. So far at least 154 have been injured and over 20 killed in the clashes as the military and the government launched an operation to disperse anti-government protesters who have closed parts of the city for two months. A state of emergency is in effect that spreads to 17 provinces in the country. The Thai army declared certain protest areas where clashes are taking place as a 'Live Fire Zone.'
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