Photo gallery: Tear gas fired at anti-government demonstrators
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Tear gas is thrown as police scuffle with anti-government protesters near the government house in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Tear gas is thrown as police scuffle with anti-government protesters near the government house in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. Thousand of protesters gathered near parliament in capital Bangkok on Saturday, demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Anti-government protesters calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down, scuffle with Thai police in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. Authorities fear the anti-government protest launched on Saturday will grow into the biggest demonstration the country has seen since she took office in 2011. -- PHOTO: AP
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Police scuffle with anti-government protesters near the government house in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Anti-government protesters scuffle with Thai police before police fired tear gas to disperse them in Bangkok on Saturday, Nov 24, 2012. The anti-government protesters are calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down. -- PHOTO: AP
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Anti-government protesters gather, trying to break through concrete barricades erected on street near the protest site, as police fired tear gas to disperse them in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. The anti-government protesters calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down launched a rally on Saturday that authorities fear will grow into the biggest demonstration the country has seen since she took office last year. -- PHOTO: AP
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Anti-government protesters calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down, protect their eyes as police fired tear gas to disperse them in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Anti-government protesters, calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down, kicks away a tear gas canister fired by police in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. The anti-government protesters launched the rally in Bangkok on Saturday that authorities fear will grow into the biggest demonstration the country has seen since she took office last year. -- PHOTO: AP
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An anti-government protester shows tear gas canisters fired by police to disperse them in Bangkok on Saturday, Nov 24, 2012. Anti-government protesters are calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down. -- PHOTO: AP
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Police detain anti-government protesters after a scuffle near the government house in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. Thousands of protesters gathered near parliament in capital Bangkok on Saturday, demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Riot police stand guard around the government house in Thailand on Nov 23 in preparation for anti-government protests this weekend. Thai police on Nov 24 used tear gas at a group of demonstrators in the capital Bangkok, the scene of several outbreaks of violent unrest in recent years. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Tear gas is thrown as police scuffle with anti-government protesters in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. Thai police fired tear gas in clashes with hundreds of protesters in Bangkok on Saturday ahead of a rally seeking to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in the largest demonstration yet against her administration. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Tear gas is thrown as police scuffle with anti-government protesters near the government house in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Tear gas is thrown as police scuffle with anti-government protesters near the government house in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. Thousand of protesters gathered near parliament in capital Bangkok on Saturday, demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Anti-government protesters calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down, scuffle with Thai police in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. Authorities fear the anti-government protest launched on Saturday will grow into the biggest demonstration the country has seen since she took office in 2011. -- PHOTO: AP
Police scuffle with anti-government protesters near the government house in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Anti-government protesters scuffle with Thai police before police fired tear gas to disperse them in Bangkok on Saturday, Nov 24, 2012. The anti-government protesters are calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down. -- PHOTO: AP
Anti-government protesters gather, trying to break through concrete barricades erected on street near the protest site, as police fired tear gas to disperse them in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. The anti-government protesters calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down launched a rally on Saturday that authorities fear will grow into the biggest demonstration the country has seen since she took office last year. -- PHOTO: AP
Anti-government protesters calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down, protect their eyes as police fired tear gas to disperse them in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Anti-government protesters, calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down, kicks away a tear gas canister fired by police in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. The anti-government protesters launched the rally in Bangkok on Saturday that authorities fear will grow into the biggest demonstration the country has seen since she took office last year. -- PHOTO: AP
An anti-government protester shows tear gas canisters fired by police to disperse them in Bangkok on Saturday, Nov 24, 2012. Anti-government protesters are calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down. -- PHOTO: AP
Police detain anti-government protesters after a scuffle near the government house in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. Thousands of protesters gathered near parliament in capital Bangkok on Saturday, demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Riot police stand guard around the government house in Thailand on Nov 23 in preparation for anti-government protests this weekend. Thai police on Nov 24 used tear gas at a group of demonstrators in the capital Bangkok, the scene of several outbreaks of violent unrest in recent years. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Tear gas is thrown as police scuffle with anti-government protesters in Bangkok on Nov 24, 2012. Thai police fired tear gas in clashes with hundreds of protesters in Bangkok on Saturday ahead of a rally seeking to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in the largest demonstration yet against her administration. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Thai anti-riot police fired tear gas and detained dozens of demonstrators as clashes erupted at the first major street protests against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s government.
At least seven police were wounded and up to 132 protesters arrested. Pitak Siam, a new anti-government group, has attracted the support of various royalist groups including “yellow shirt” members of the People’s Alliance for Democracy.
