“Violence erupted during anti-government protests in Thailand Thursday as one demonstrator was killed and a key protest leader was shot in the head while being interviewed by journalists.
Tension soared amid the sound of explosions and gunfire and an anarchic mob atmosphere in downtown Bangkok’s Lumpini Park, where protesters had massed.
Video footage showed one protester dead on the pavement. There was also footage of Red Shirt movement leader Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdipol lying on the ground, dressed in camouflage, as frantic protesters attempted to move him and get help.
Tom Fuller of the International Herald Tribune told CNN he was among those interviewing the renegade general — better known as Seh Daeng, or Red Commander — when he was shot.”
(Source: Red Shirt leader shot, protester killed as Thai unrest continues – CNN.com.)