Kwanchai Praipana, a pro-government "red shirt" leader, is wheeled into an intensive care facility after the shooting. Photo: Reuters
Kwanchai Praipana, a pro-government "red shirt" leader, is wheeled into an intensive care facility after the shooting. Photo: Reuters
Pools of blood at the victim's home in Udon Thani province, where local police found 39 bullet casings. Photo: Reuters
Pools of blood at the victim's home in Udon Thani province, where local police found 39 bullet casings. Photo: Reuters
Bullet holes at the victim's home.
Bullet holes at the victim's home.
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Drive-by shooting of 'red shirt' leader raises tension in Thailand

Gunmen wound pro-government leader in the country's northeast as a state of emergency begins in response to violence in Bangkok

Reuters
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Updated: 11:24pm, 22 Jan, 2014

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Kwanchai Praipana, a pro-government "red shirt" leader, is wheeled into an intensive care facility after the shooting. Photo: Reuters
Kwanchai Praipana, a pro-government "red shirt" leader, is wheeled into an intensive care facility after the shooting. Photo: Reuters
Pools of blood at the victim's home in Udon Thani province, where local police found 39 bullet casings. Photo: Reuters
Pools of blood at the victim's home in Udon Thani province, where local police found 39 bullet casings. Photo: Reuters
Bullet holes at the victim's home.
Bullet holes at the victim's home.
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