Thailand´s "yellow shirt" founder shot in assassination attempt

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-17-2009 15:13

The founder of Thailand's "yellow shirt" protest movement has been shot and wounded in an assassination attempt.

His party is already pointing the finger at former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Sondhi Limthongkul, founder of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), lies injured in a hospital in Bangkok April 17, 2009. REUTERS/Manager Newspaper

Police say Sondhi Limthongkul was being driven to work before dawn. At least two men in a pickup truck ambushed his car and opened fire with an M-16 and an AK-47.

Sondhi was shot in the shoulder and grazed by another bullet near his eyebrow, and his driver was also wounded. After an operation, a doctor says Sondhi is safe now and able to talk.

Sondhi's People's Alliance for Democracy staged protests most of last year to demand that allies of Thaksin Shinawatra resign from government.