Gun attack on Thai anti-gov’t protesters wounds man

Thai anti-government protesters cheer during a rally before a march Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Wednesday that elections due in less than three weeks will go ahead despite intense pressure by her opponents to postpone the vote. The statement came after an overnight shooting attack on anti-government protesters in Bangkok wounded two people and ratcheted up tensions in the country’s deepening political crisis. AP

BANGKOK — A gunman has opened fire on anti-government protesters in Bangkok, seriously wounding one man.

The shooting overnight Saturday was the latest in a series of mysterious attacks on demonstrators trying to oust Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

It is not clear who is behind the violence.

Bangkok’s emergency medical center said the man was shot in the back in the city’s Lad Prao district. He underwent surgery at a hospital and was in an intensive care unit.

Thai media identified the man as a 54-year-old from southern Thailand who was helping to guard protesters.