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Re: Bangkok Field Report

BANGKOK DANGEROUS
Timeline of Mayhem in Bangkok - Day 2

9.20am - Another gunfight erupts on Rajprarop Road, causing a Coke transport worker to be injured in a crossfire. The gunfire lasted about 10 minutes.

Matichon Online says some injured people remain at the bunker of the troops.

9am - No reporters are seen at Rajprasong rally site. red shirts leader; weng Tohjirakan, asks the media to return to cover the protest at Rajprasong rally site. He guarantees maximum protection for the media.

8.55am - BTS and MRT services suspend all services of all routes until midnight for the second day

8.20am - red shirts protesters burnt a garbage truck near Bon Kai area.

8.06am - Erawan Emergency Center reports 16 deaths and 141 others injured. Seven of them are in ICU in 11 hospitals.

7.50am - Troops reinforce at Rajprarob Intersection by erecting more barricades and prohibit people from entering the area.

7.40am - At Rajprasong rally site, protesters wake up. Reds leaders take turn to give speech on stage.

7.30am - At Saladaeng, tensions rise after clashes between troops and protesters on Friday night. Troops could be seen everywhere.

7.25am - red shirts protesters burn two public telephone booths and a police booth near Thai-Belgium Bridge.

7.20am - Driver of a van who tries to break barricades is injured after troops fired at his van's tyres. He is reportedly on his way to deliver food and necessities at Rajprasong rally site.

6.30am - UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon expresses concerns on the violence in Thailand. He asks all parties concerned to talk.

6am - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's Emergency Health Centre revived the death toll of Friday's clashes between troops and protesters to 16.

157 people were reported to be injured so far.