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Thailand crisis: Deadly attack on opposition rally | Thailand crisis: Deadly attack on opposition rally |
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Gunmen have opened fire on anti-government rally in eastern Thailand, killing a five-year-old girl and wounding dozens of people. | |
The violence broke out late on Saturday in the Khao Saming district of Trat province. | |
Attackers in two trucks threw explosives and shot at demonstrators at a rally by the People's Democratic Reform Committee, reports say. | |
Thailand has been hit by anti-government protests since November. | Thailand has been hit by anti-government protests since November. |
Demonstrators want Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to resign to make way for an appointed interim government, but she has refused. | |
A five-year-old girl died from a gunshot wound to the head in Saturday's incident, hospital officials say. | |
At least 30 other people - among them children - are believed to have been injured. | |
No-one has claimed responsibility for the attack. | |
It comes days after several people were killed in clashes that erupted in the capital, Bangkok, when police began clearing protest sites. |