Death toll from Bangkok protests climbs to 20 (16 civilians & 4 military)

[Turborama]

Source: CNN International

The death toll from the weekend's clashes between anti-government protesters and Thai security forces climbed to 20 on Sunday, authorities said.

Of the dead, 16 are civilians and four are military, the Bangkok Emergency Medical Service said.

The clashes on Saturday also left 825 injured, the service said.

The protesters, known as the "Red Shirts" for their clothing, said Sunday they will parade around Bangkok with the bodies of the demonstrators killed in the clashes.

The group, the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship, said it is unwilling to sit down for negotiations with the government unless it is to discuss the dissolution of the lower house of parliament.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/thailand.protests/?hpt=T2

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Slide show at the link.

BBC report from within the protest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5RfM48jocY

Al Jazeera English have a lot of articles devoted to the developments in Thailand on their front page, too: http://english.aljazeera.net/