Thailand: Final assault, red shirts surrender. Death penalty for fires in the city
Six killed in fights, photoreporter Fabio Polenghi between them. Nine dead in buddist temple of Wat Phatum where refugees are also women and children. Capital is in fire. Darks Twitter and Facebook.
Thailand uprising ends on blood. After six weeks of tensions and violences, army has given assoult to the camp of red shirts in Ratchaprasong Intersection, in commercial district of Bangkok. During fights have lost life at least six people and 58 have been wounded. Between victims italian photoreporter Fabio Polenghi. Between wounded there are other foreign journalists: one american, on canadian and one dutchman. After having opposed a brief resistance, leaders of opposition have announced the surrender. But not all supporters of former ex premier Thaksin Shinawatra went home or have delivered themselves to the police.