Thai Anti-government Protesters Clash With Police in Bangkok

BANGKOK - More than a thousand Thai anti-government protesters clashed with police Saturday, as they demonstrated against the government's failure to handle coronavirus outbreaks and its impact on the economy.

About a hundred police officers in riot gear sealed off a road near Victory Monument in the capital Bangkok with containers and used water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets to stop a march toward Government House, the office of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. "Tear gas and rubber bullets were used for crowd control. Our goal is to maintain order," Krisana Pattanacharoen, a police spokesman, told reporters. The demonstrators threw ping pong bombs, stones and marbles, he added.