泰国军队与反政府示威者星期五在曼谷发生暴力冲突。近日来的冲突已经造成3人死亡，至少45人受伤。
安全部队使用催泪瓦斯、子弹和橡皮子弹向反政府示威人士开火，试图封锁曼谷的主要商业区。示威者点燃了汽车车胎和一辆公车，并向部队投掷炸弹。
美国之音一名在该地区的记者报导说，从示威区域听到了巨大的爆炸声。大约有20人自星期四开始的战斗中受伤，其中包括一名法国记者和一名泰国新闻摄影记者。
由于一名支持红衫军的泰国军队将军星期四被击中头部，红衫军示威者和安全部队爆发了最新一轮冲突。当时安全部队开始摧毁示威者的营地。
Thai troops engaged in violent clashes with anti-government protesters Friday in Bangkok, where fighting in recent days has killed three people and wounded at least 45 others.
Security forces aiming to seal off the main commercial district in the Thai capital fired tear gas and live and rubber bullets at anti-government forces. Protesters set tires and a bus on fire and threw explosives at troops.
A VOA correspondent in the area reported hearing loud explosions from the protest zone. Those injured since the fighting broke out Thursday include a French journalist and a Thai news cameraman.
The clashes between the so-called Red Shirt protesters and security forces was triggered when a renegade general aligned with the Red Shirts was shot in the head Thursday as security forces began a crackdown on the protesters’ encampment.