A government official in Thailand says hundreds of protesters seeking to overthrow the government have stormed a police compound in Bangkok.
Protesters tried to get through barbed wire and concrete barriers to occupy the prime minister's official compound, the BBC reports, forcing her to leave hastily for an undisclosed location.
The government has deployed several thousand troops to support riot police in protecting key ministries in the capital, with a Sunday deadline set by demonstrators for the ousting of the government.
Tear gas and water cannon were fired as protesters tried to breach barricades outside Government House.
The leader of the anti-government protest, Suthep Thaugsuban, called for an all-out assault on government buildings, telling supporters to surround the headquarters of the national and city police, along with Government House and even a zoo.
On Saturday police fired several rounds of teargas in an area near Government House, after a chaotic night of street fighting.
Two people have been killed and at least 45 wounded in the violence.
Sunday decisive in unseating govt - protestors
The latest clashes come at the start of a second week of protests aimed at unseating the Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and protest leaders had said it would be the decisive day.
The anti-government Civil Movement for Democracy has announced an all-out assault on the heart of the government, with the aim of replacing it with a "People's Council".
It says Ms Yingluck's administration is controlled by her brother, exiled ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra.
At least five people received gunshot wounds and five others were injured by knives or rocks, officials at the nearby Ramkamhaeng area, staff at the Dr Panya General Hospital told Reuters.
In the same area earlier on Saturday, witnesses saw a crowd of anti-government demonstrators armed with sticks and poles attack a bus, a taxi and two men on a motorcycle, beating one of them unconscious.
They were suspected of being "Red Shirt" supporters of Ms Yingluck, who protesters are seeking to overthrow.
