Thursday, May 20, 2010

Riots erupt after Thai protest leaders surrender

Smoke rises from from buildings in front of the Red Shirts anti-government protestors camp in Bangkok on May 19, 2010. Hundreds of police and army, backed by armoured vehicles, are converging on the perimeter of an anti-government protest camp in Bangkok.Photograph by: Manan Vatsyayana, AFP/Getty Images
May 19, 2010
By Adrees Latif and Damir Sagolj
Reuters

BANGKOK — Rioting and fires swept Bangkok on Wednesday after troops stormed a protest encampment, forcing protest leaders to surrender, but sparking clashes that killed at least four people and triggered unrest in northern Thailand.
Protesters torched five buildings, including the Thai stock exchange and Central World, Southeast Asia's second-biggest department store complex, and attacked local Channel 3 television station as riots spread across the city of 15 million people.
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