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Police hunt ‘pink raincoat’ rally gunman

Police hunt ‘pink raincoat’ rally gunman

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Pedestrians walk past the Royal Thai Police headquarters. The sign was cleaned after it was splashed with paint by anti-government protesters on Wednesday evening. (Photo by Apichart Jinakul)

Police are hunting for a man wearing a pink raincoat who may have fired shots at people protesting outside parliament during the violent confrontations on Tuesday.

Pol Maj Gen Piya Tawichai, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB), said the man was believed to be a guard of the People’s Movement protesters and is suspected of having opened fire at people converging on Thahan Road.

Six people suffered gunshot wounds during the confrontations on Tuesday, which involved…

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