Clashes between pro and anti government protest groups have
resulted in six injuries. Three of them are seriously injured reports the BBC.
The violence started just outside Bangkok after a total shut down was called by
the anti-government groups for the next week. Gun fires were heard and
explosives were thrown at on Friday.
The protesters were demanding to overthrow the current Prime
Minister Yingluck Shinawatra since November last year. They have occupied many streets
across Bangkok
including Ms Shinawatra’s office.
Since the pro-government supporters are not showing much
opposition to the anti-government groups the protests are largely peaceful till
date.
The protest started after the lower house of the Thai parliament
passed an amnesty bill to allow ex leader Thaksin Shinawatra and to return to
the country without facing jail. Thaksin is brother of Yingluck Shinawatra.
Thaksin Shinawatra was thrown out by a military coup in
2006. He is very popular among the rural voters, but the protesters believe that
he controls the country via his sister.
Yingluck’s Pheu Thai party is more likely to win the next
month's elections. The protesters have been charged Yingluck for creating a flawed
democracy. They want an unelected ‘People’s Council’ to replace her.
The elections in Thailand are to be held on 2nd
of February.
