The wounded were hit by shrapnel from the explosion, according to a doctor at a Bangkok emergency center, Reuters reported. Thailand has seen heightened political tumult in the last six months after a wave of anti-government protests broke out following years of bitterness between the ruling elite and Thaksin Shinawatra, who, despite popularity with rural and urban poor, was thrown out of office in 2006 by the military. Last week, former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Thaksin’s younger sister, and nine of her cabinet ministers were ousted from office by the Constitutional Court for abuse of power.
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2 people killed, 21 wounded in attack on Bangkok protest site
