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| Two anti-government protesters have been killed and 21 others injured in an attack in the Thai capital, Bangkok, police say. | Two anti-government protesters have been killed and 21 others injured in an attack in the Thai capital, Bangkok, police say. |
| Witnesses reported explosions and gunfire at a protest camp at the city's Democracy Monument. | Witnesses reported explosions and gunfire at a protest camp at the city's Democracy Monument. |
| Protesters have been pressing the Senate to replace the cabinet with an appointed administration. | Protesters have been pressing the Senate to replace the cabinet with an appointed administration. |
| It comes after former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was removed by a Thai court last week. | It comes after former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was removed by a Thai court last week. |
| Thailand has suffered months of deadlock since the protest campaign began in November, with at least 27 people killed and hundreds wounded. | |
| Both pro- and anti-government groups have held rallies in Bangkok, raising fears of further violence. | |
| Reports said grenades were thrown in the latest attack early on Thursday, followed by gunfire. A doctor at an emergency centre in Bangkok said the wounded had been hit by shrapnel. | Reports said grenades were thrown in the latest attack early on Thursday, followed by gunfire. A doctor at an emergency centre in Bangkok said the wounded had been hit by shrapnel. |
| "The first victim was a protester who was sleeping at Democracy Monument, while the second was a protest guard who died from gunshots," police Major Wallop Prathummuang told AFP news agency. | "The first victim was a protester who was sleeping at Democracy Monument, while the second was a protest guard who died from gunshots," police Major Wallop Prathummuang told AFP news agency. |
| Power struggle | |
| No group has said it carried out the attack although correspondents say both sets of supporters are known to have armed hardliners. | |
| Ms Yingluck - who was removed by the Constitutional Court with several of her ministers - was swiftly replaced by the ruling Puea Thai party which insists it is the democratically elected government. | |
| Thailand has been in the grip of a power struggle since Ms Yingluck's brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, was ousted by the military as prime minister in a 2006 coup. | |
| Mr Thaksin and his family are hated by an urban and middle-class elite who accuse them of corruption and abuse of power. | |
| But Mr Thaksin's policies won him huge support in rural areas, and both the elections since the coup have returned Thaksin-allied governments to power. | |
| The current anti-government protesters want to replace Ms Yingluck's administration with an unelected "people's council" which, they say, would reform the political system. |