Policeman Shot Dead As Thai Police Attempt To Reclaim Protest Site

BANGKOK, THAILAND - FEBRUARY 18: A Police officer is carried to an ambulance after he was shot in the head by sniper fire during a police operation to reclaim the protest site at Phan Fa Bridge on February 18, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai police tried to reclaim an area of land which anti government protesters have been occupying for the last few weeks but during the confrontation, police had to withdraw allowing the protesters back into the protest site. The recent controversial elections exposed an increasingly bitter divide in the country. After disrupting the general election, anti-government demonstrators are continuing their campaign to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and the three week old 'Bangkok Shutdown,' has blocked major intersections. The Thai government imposed a 60-day state of emergency in Bangkok and the surrounding provinces in an attempt to cope with the on-going political turmoil however this decree has had no effect on the mass protests. (Photo by Nick McGrath/Getty Images)
BANGKOK, THAILAND - FEBRUARY 18: A Police officer is carried to an ambulance after he was shot in the head by sniper fire during a police operation to reclaim the protest site at Phan Fa Bridge on February 18, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai police tried to reclaim an area of land which anti government protesters have been occupying for the last few weeks but during the confrontation, police had to withdraw allowing the protesters back into the protest site. The recent controversial elections exposed an increasingly bitter divide in the country. After disrupting the general election, anti-government demonstrators are continuing their campaign to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and the three week old 'Bangkok Shutdown,' has blocked major intersections. The Thai government imposed a 60-day state of emergency in Bangkok and the surrounding provinces in an attempt to cope with the on-going political turmoil however this decree has had no effect on the mass protests. (Photo by Nick McGrath/Getty Images)
Policeman Shot Dead As Thai Police Attempt To Reclaim Protest Site
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