Grenade, Gun Attack in Thai Capital Kills 2 Protesters, Injures 22

Bangkok (Antara/Xinhua-OANA) - Two anti-government protesters were killed and 22 others injured in a gun and grenade attack here early Thursday, local media reported. Assailants on a white pick-up truck fired a grenade at protesters near the Democracy Monument at 2:50 a.m. local time Thursday, reported the Manager Online. Later, they opened fire at the guards of the People's Democratic Reform Committee at the Kokwua Intersection. Twenty-four were reportedly injured and then rushed to hospitals, two of whom later succumbed to injuries.(*)