Shots Fired as Thai Factions Clash

In a fast-moving situation, the authorities at the international airport later canceled all departing flights as protesters surged into the terminal, The Associated Press reported.

The escalation of the violence, which involved running street battles in Bangkok, came as thousands of antigovernment demonstrators across the capital kept the Thai government under pressure, continuing to block the entrance to its temporary offices at a terminal at the city’s secondary airport and massing in front of the Army headquarters in their continuing attempt to unseat the government.

The blockade of the new airport, a main international transfer hub, had caused long traffic jams and airport authorities had already said they expected flight delays.