Thai protests: toll rises to four in political violence

Source: The Hindu

A six-year-old Thai girl succumbed to her injuries on Monday, taking the number of children killed in attacks on anti-government rallies over the weekend to three while Premier Yingluck Shinawatra denounced the violence as “terrorist acts”.

Two children and a woman were killed and over 60 others injured when a blast and a drive-by shooting attack rocked protest rallies in a central Bangkok shopping district, marking an escalation in political crisis that has gripped the country for four months now.

A six-year-old girl has died from bruising to the brain, the Ramathibodi Hospital said in a statement. Her brother died on Sunday from serious head wounds and internal bleeding.

The premier, who was “undertaking official duties” outside Bangkok, called on all sides to shun violence and described the violent incidents as “terrorist acts”.

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