January 27, 2014 -- Updated 1217 GMT (2017 HKT)
An opposition leader has been shot dead as demonstrators blocked a voting station in Bangkok, police say. FULL STORY
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Anti-government protester leader shot to death in Thailand
January 26, 2014 -- Updated 1623 GMT (0023 HKT)
Thai anti-government protesters shut down a polling station at the Srieam Anusorn school in Bangkok on January 26, 2014.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Police: Anti-government protesters had blocked a voting station and shut it down
- They encountered government supporters and exchanged verbal assaults
- It's unclear who killed protest leader Suthin Thararin, police said
- Protesters have been calling for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down
Suthin Thararin, a
protest leader for the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), was
killed in front of Sri Eiam Temple in the Thai capital, Police Col.
Thawatkiat Jindakuansanong said.
Nine others were injured in the shooting, medical officials said.
Protesters have been
calling for the democratically elected Prime Minister Yingluck
Shinawatra to step down. They want to replace her administration with an
unelected "people council," which would see through electoral and
political changes.
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After a series of recent
outbreaks of violence, Thai authorities declared a state of emergency
last week, giving extra powers to security forces.
On Friday, a Thai court ruled that elections scheduled for next month could be postponed.
Thararin's death came
after anti-government protesters blocked a voting station and shut it
down after officials agreed to suspend the voting, police said.
While the protesters were coming out of the area, there were several rounds of gunshots, police said..
Jindakuansanong could not
confirm the identity of the shooter or shooters, but said
anti-government protesters encountered pro-government supporters, and
the two sides exchanged verbal assaults.
Meanwhile, more than 45
out 50 polling stations have been closed due to obstructions by
opposition protesters from the PDRC, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign
Affairs Minister Surapong Tovijakchaikul said.
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