This hotel is reported to be used by ARMY snipers against the REDs.
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At the Dusit Thani hotel, which overlooks the Reds' encampment, guests evacuated their rooms and rushed to the basement as staff warned them the hotel was under attack, according to an AFP journalist inside.
"I was in bed. There was a big explosion very close to my room. I went out of the room, other people did too and at that moment the wall outside was hit by bullets," said AFP photographer Pedro Ugarte.
"Everybody is now in the basement, about 100 people," he said by telephone.
It was unclear where the shooting came from.
BP: Military blogger Michael Yon is in Bangkok and is tweeting live from the hotel basement. From his reports there has been heavy gunfire, but it has just stopped now. Check his tweets or his Facebook page for the latest."I was in bed. There was a big explosion very close to my room. I went out of the room, other people did too and at that moment the wall outside was hit by bullets," said AFP photographer Pedro Ugarte.
"Everybody is now in the basement, about 100 people," he said by telephone.
It was unclear where the shooting came from.
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