Bloodshed clouds Thai new year
Celebrations overshadowed by recent deadly clashes between red shirts and troops.
Published On 13 Apr 2010
Celebrations over Songkran – the Thai new year – have been overshadowed by widespread grief after 21 people were killed on Saturday in clashes between the so-called red shirts and troops in Bangkok.
Another 800 were injured on the bloody day.
For more than a month, the protesters have been demanding the resignation of the Thai government and fresh elections.
Al Jazeera’s Tom Birtley reports from Bangkok.
Source: Al Jazeera