BANGKOK, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- A series of gunshots were heard on Friday morning near Bangkok's Don Muang Airport which was seized by protesters led by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD).
According to local radio reports, over ten gunshots
were heard at about 5:00 a.m. Friday (2200 GMT) in an area in front of the
airport.
Then at 6:30 a.m. (2330 GMT), dozens of gunshots were
heard again.
Police and PAD guards are now checking the situation. However, no injury was reported by press time.
Anti-government protestors stand guard
at a check-point leading towards Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport Nov. 27,
2008. Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat Thursday evening declared
state of emergency over two Bangkok airports -- the Suvarnabhumi
International Airport and DonMueang Airport, which were paralyzed since
besieged by anti-government protesters on Tuesday night.(Xinhua/Reuters
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BANGKOK,
Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat Thursday evening
declared state of emergency over two Bangkok airports -- the Suvarnabhumi
International Airport and DonMueang Airport, which were paralyzed since besieged
by anti-government protesters on Tuesday night.
Somchai delivered a national TV speech from northern province Chiang Mai,
which started at 9:00 p.m. (1400 GMT) Thursday to announce the emergency decree
as the besiege of anti-government protesters have caused great loss to the many
industries in the country, including goods export and tourism, which amounts to
some 100 billion Thai Baht (2.86 billion U.S. dollars) per day. Full story
