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. [break]
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.
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