Thai 'red shirts' block elevated rail system
By Ambika Ahuja | China Daily | Updated: 2010-04-28 07:50
A Thai soldier monitors movement below a Skytrain track on Tuesday in Bangkok. Protesters broke into an elevated rail station in Bangkok and threw tires on the platform Tuesday in their campaign to remove the government, prompting authorities to briefly suspend service and send soldiers to guard train stops. Wong Maye-E / Associated Press |
BANGKOK - Anti-government protesters forced Bangkok's elevated railway system to shut on Tuesday, and the government warned of tougher operations to quell growing unrest in a seven-week crisis that has killed 26 people.
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