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At least 28 hurt by blast at opposition protest march in Bangkok aiming to shut down government.
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A bomb blast at an opposition protest march in Bangkok wounded
at least 28 people, emergency officials said, in the latest unrest
during a "shutdown" of the capital aimed at toppling the government.
"The bomb went off shortly after 1pm," said the deputy national police spokesman, Anucha Romyanan.
Police were investigating what type of explosive device caused
the blast. Television footage showed several people lying on the ground
as ambulances took away wounded.
Protesters were seen searching nearby buildings for the attackers.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has faced more than two
months of street demonstrations aimed at forcing her elected government
from office and installing an appointed body to oversee loosely defined
reforms such as an end to alleged vote buying.
Eight people have been killed and hundreds injured in street violence since the protests began.
"Yingluck must take responsibility," one of the protest leaders, Satit Wonghnongtaey, said on stage soon after the blast.
The protesters aim to curb the political dominance of
Yingluck's billionaire brother, fugitive former prime minister Thaksin
Shinawatra, whom they accuse of controlling the government from
self-exile.