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BANGKOK - A renegade Thai general who supports the "Red Shirt" opposition protest movement has been shot and seriously wounded, according to a nurse at the hospital where he was admitted.
Major-General Khattiya Sawasdipol, better known by his nickname "Seh Daeng," was shot in the chest and in a "very serious condition," said the nurse at Hua Chiew Hospital.
The circumstances of the reported shooting were unclear but gunshots were heard earlier in the evening close to the protest site, which the security authorities have threatened to seal off.
The fiery general, accused by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of trying to prevent an end to the two-month street demonstrations, has made no secret of encouraging the "Red Shirt" protesters to oppose a reconciliation deal.
"It's important that I'm here. Everyone is here because Seh Daeng is here," he told AFP earlier in the day during an interview within the protest site.
- AFP /ls
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