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1 killed, 11 injured in Thai blast

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-11-20 10:08

BANGKOK -- One protester was killed and 11 other were injured when a bomb exploded inside the Government House complex in front of the main stage of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) early Thursday morning.

The explosion occurred at 3:25 am (0825 GMT) just a day after the so-called cease-fire during the royal cremation period, according local newspaper The Nation's website.

PAD guards rushed the 12 injured protesters to four hospitals. One of them later died at the hospital.

Following the explosion, PAD guards would not allow anyone to leave the Government House compound unless he or she carried an ID card.

The guards speculated that the bomb might be fired from behind the Civil Service Commission head office or from a building of the office.  

The PAD has been staging anti-government protests since May 25 in Bangkok and occupied the Government House for rally since August 26.