Throughout the day there were skirmishes between Red Shirt protesters and security forces and now that night has fallen the skirmishes have stepped up.  The government and army have appeared on local TV explaining the actions and are determined to dislodge the Red Shirts with as little loss of life as possible. Unfortunately the Red Shirts seem determined to fight on. 

The violence is remains centered around the Silom area and the Intrepid group hotels are well away from this area and not affected.