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Anti-Government protesters gathered at several strategically important sites in Bangkok today, hoping to either take over those sites or to perhaps intimidate the Government, and in particular Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, into stepping down.
I spent the morning and much of the afternoon photographing at Government House, symbolic and literal centre of the Thai Government.
When I arrived, protesters were gathering. This man was praying in the direction of a shrine. The barriers erected by police can be seen in the background.
The barrier is formed of reels of razor wire in-between sturdy, concrete barriers. The police formed lines behind the barriers.
A lone protester climbed the barricades and waved the Thai national flag.
Protesters walked up to the barrier and shouted abuse towards the police lines.
At the same time, the police were telling the protesters that they would not be allowed to pass and that they should retreat. This rhetoric inflamed the protesters, who continued to shout.
Members of the “Students and Citizens Network for Reform in Thailand” prepared to make an assault on the barricades, donning gas masks, air-filter masks, gloves and goggles (or natty mirror sunglasses).
Members of the “Students and Citizens Network for Reform in Thailand” paused for a prayer before marching towards the barriers protecting Government House.
A protester wearing what he proudly told me was a Second World War helmet points towards the police lines.
Meanwhile, other protesters prepared for their first assault on the barriers.
Shortly before 11am, as planned, protesters formed lines and began marching towards Government House.
Not everyone was equipped with protective clothing but that did not seem to diminish their enthusiasm.
Some protesters made their feelings about the police involvement unambiguously clear.
The police prepared for the potential assault by donning gas masks.
Edited by redfrog53, 3 December 2013 - 17:56.
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