BANGKOK (AFP) – Thai troops were locked in a tense confrontation with besieged protestors Monday after three days of street battles in the capital that left at least 33 dead and 239 wounded.
Guests at a luxury hotel overlooking the sprawling protest site in the heart of Bangkok were forced to shelter in the basement after the building came under gunfire and was rattled by an explosion in the early hours of Monday morning.
Fire gutted three commercial buildings in another area.
On Sunday, the government swiftly rejected an appeal by the "Red Shirt" protesters for UN-mediated talks.
A top protest leader also urged the revered king to intervene in the crisis.
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