BANGKOK: An aide says the military strategist of Thailand's anti-government Red Shirt protesters has been shot in the head.
The aide who answered Khattiya Sawasdiphol's mobile phone described the injury as "severe." The Associated Press called Khattiya's phone after several gunshots and explosions were heard in central Bangkok late Thursday.
The aide did not identify himself.
Several Thai media outlets also reported that Khattiya was shot and taken to a hospital.
Khattiya is a renegade army major general whom the government has labeled a "terrorist" and a mastermind behind violence from anti-government protesters during the two-month standoff in the Thai capital.