Four dead in Bangkok protests
Anti-government protesters occupy the Finance Ministry and the Foreign Ministry in a bid to oust the current government of Yingluck Shinawatra November 25, 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. Security guards and riot police deployed failed to resist protesters who quickly took control of the building without violence as the protests continue.
Four people are dead in Bangkok and more than 100 injured following weekend protests against the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
In one incident on Saturday, shots were fired near a Bangkok sports stadium where thousands of protesters had gathered in support of Shinawatra.
The pro-government protesters had been confined to the area near the stadium this week in order to avoid clashes with anti-government protests moving around the city.
Saturday's demonstrations had been largely peaceful, until a group of students attacked vehicles bringing government supporters to the stadium, breaking windows and leading to minor injuries, before police were called in and roads were blocked.
Later, shots were fired.
Three of those taken to hospital with gunshot wounds were students.
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Police have called for military backup to reinforce security. National police spokesman Piya Utayo said that some 2,730 military personnel from the army, navy and air force will be deployed.
Saturday marked the seventh day of protests in Thailand attempting to unseat Shinawatra's government. Anti-government demonstrators claim the government is controlled by her brother, exiled former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a coup following protests in 2006 and now lives overseas.
Thaksin Shinawatra remains popular with many rural voters, but urban and middle class voters tend to be against him.
Leaders of the anti-government protest movement have called on their followers to stage a nation-wide strike starting Monday.
Anti-government leader Suthep Thaugsuban said he met with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in person on Sunday evening and told her she should leave office in two days.
"I only came to tell Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra that right now, people all over Thailand have stood up to show their ownership of Thailand," Suthep said.