The afternoon was not very tense in Bangkok. During the political discussion panel at the FCCT I saw some tweets about three explosions at BTS Saladaeng. I left the conference and headed to Silom. It was a very intense night with several deads and injured! Pics and Videofootage…
I took a small walk at around 9pm through the main streets which seemed quite empty in comparison with yesterday. The red shirts build up a huge blockage at the west entrance of Lumpini Park a few days ago and it seems like its growing every day.
Red Shirts and Pro-Government protesters used selfmade weapons and shields.
The main intersection was covered with bright light by one of the police trucks.
The police and military cleaned up the road which was full of anti-red protesters and build up small blockages with barbed wire.
Soldiers around McDonalds
The chaos after the bomb explosions at the BTS station Sala Daeng was also spread through the street and caused a lot of damages at buildings, street signs and garden areas.
The military was mostly hidden on the Skywalk and investigating about the explosions + observing the violence between anti-red shirts and police. Some of them were patrolling at the road.
Shortly after the explosions at the BTS Station several clashes happened and atmosphere got very intense. At the end police is in control again and cracking down anti-red protesters. Here are ten minutes of my 70min Video-footage
updated video, a bit earlier behind the red lines. Some other clashes in a garage (a red shirt was attacked by several anti-reds and saved by the police who build up a line at the exit.
more pics and videos soon!
Thanks for reporting! I have a lot of friends among the protesters (red & colorless)… It is a shame they do not try to understand each other
Take care!
very good quality of photos, nice post too !
awesome video, especially the crackdown at the end! crazy that the police is destroying the motorbikes of the anti-reds! followed your twitter updates all night, great! you have to catch some sleep!
chris
reading your updates daily, well organized and one of only good sources about this! great job!
Great job reporting. Take care of yourself.
good pictures! saw the video on france24 before – hope the situation calms down soon!
Darn it man, don’t get yourself shot again!
Hi Florian,
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if you have any interest pls go to my channel “fillouga”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZLCnq2B3Jo
take care of yourself
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