A police vehicle burns during clashes at a protest against what demonstrators call the government's failure in handling the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand, August 7, 2021. - Reuters
BANGKOK, Aug 7 (Reuters): More than a thousand Thai anti-government protesters clashed with police on Saturday night (Aug 7), 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-O-Cha.
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