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Archive Home > 2010 > May > 14 > Dissident Thai general is shot as army moves to face protesters

Dissident Thai general is shot as army moves to face protesters

Ally of Red Shirts reportedly on life support

By Thomas Fuller and Seth Mydans / The Bulletin
May 14, 2010

BANGKOK — A renegade major general who allied himself with the protesters who have paralyzed Bangkok for weeks was shot in the head and critically wounded here Thursday as the military began sealing off a barricaded encampment of anti-government protesters.

The general, Khattiya Sawatdiphol, 58,....

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