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Hundreds of anti-government protesters have stormed Thailand's international airport building, forcing all flights to be suspended until the situation is bought under control. At least 3,000 passengers are believed to be stranded, with the demonstrators in full control of the airport.
The government is holding an emergency cabinet meeting, and there are reports speculating that the head of the army may impose emergency rule.
The protesters have rejected an offer of talks from the government to end the stand-off. Sondhi Limthongul, the leader of the anti- government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), said his group would only hold talks if Somchai Wongsawat, the Prime Minister of Thailand, stood down.
A series of small explosions among the protestors on the morning on November 26 injured several bystanders, highlighting the risk of further clashes with pro-government groups. Yellow-shirted protestors from the PAD took control of the control tower and other strategic areas of the airport on November 25.
The PAD claim that the government is rife with corruption and hostile to the monarchy. They also accused it of being a proxy for Thaksin Shinawatra, the former premier who was ousted in 2006 following a coup, but is still influential in the running of the government, according to critics.
The protesters handed out leaflets apologising to tourists for the disruption, adding that "the alliance believes the measure is crucial to bring an end to the traitorous killer government".
Reports say the authorities are apparently evacuating stranded passengers. However, the evacuation is believed to be extremely unorganised, with the authorities making no announcements.
The Thai government appears to be following a strategy of allowing the PAD to attack government buildings while avoiding clashes, and has so far resisted the deployment of armed forces, with analysts claiming it is a thinly disguised aim of the protestors to provoke such a move.
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