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Apr 17

Sondhi Limthongkul in Hospital

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Friday 17th April, 2009 at 11:36:56| Words: 140 words | Category: News Photos

In this handout photo made available by Asia Satellite Television, Sondhi Limthongkul, one of the founders of Thailand's Yellow Shirt movement, lies bleeding from head and shoulder wounds at a Bangkok, Thailand emergency room Friday, April 17, 2009. Limthongkul was being driven to work before dawn Friday when at least two men in a pickup truck ambushed his car and opened fire with an M-16 and an AK-47, first aiming to shoot out the tires and then spraying the vehicle with bullets, said police Maj. Gen. King Kwangvisetchaichai. (Manager)


Sondhi Limthongkul, founder of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), lies injured in a hospital in Bangkok April 17, 2009. The founder of Thailand's "yellow shirt" protest movement, which was behind the week-long occupation of Bangkok's main airports late last year, was shot and wounded early on Friday, a spokesman for his movement said. (Manager)




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Apr 17

Yellow Shirt Leader Shot in Bangkok

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Friday 17th April, 2009 at 10:01:11| Words: 177 words | Category: News Photos

Thai soldiers inspect the damaged vehicle that was carrying the founded the People's Alliance of Democracy (PAD) Sondhi Limthongkul, in downtown Bangkok on April 17, 2009. The Thai activist who led a blockade of the kingdom's main airports last year was shot in the head in an assassination attempt the government said was aimed at inciting fresh unrest. Doctors said that Sondhi Limthongkul, founder of the "Yellow Shirts" royalist movement that helped topple former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, was in a serious condition and in surgery to remove a bullet from his skull. (Getty Images)

A Thai soldier looks at the bullet riddled automobile of Sondhi Limthongkul, one of the founders of Thailand's "yellow shirt" movement Friday, April 17, 2009. Limthongkul was being driven to work before dawn Friday when at least two men in a pickup truck ambushed his car and opened fire with an M-16 and an AK-47, first aiming to shoot out the tires and then spraying the vehicle with bullets, said police Maj. Gen. King Kwangvisetchaichai. Sondhi was wounded in the attack. (AP)

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