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Reuters: Thai Troops Clash With Protesters, 16 Wounded

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Tags: Bangkok, Protests, State of emergency, Thailand

Thai troops fired in the air and shot rubber bullets in a chaotic clash with anti-government protesters on a highway in Bangkok's suburbs on Wednesday that wounded at least 16 people and possibly killed one soldier.

Troops and riot police tried to stop a convoy of up to 2,000 "red shirt" protesters on pickup trucks and motorcycles who had left central Bangkok in defiance of a state of emergency.

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