Thai "red shirts" repelled at Bangkok army base-TV

BANGKOK, April 10 | Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:23am EDT

BANGKOK, April 10 (Reuters) - Thai troops used water cannon to repel a group of about 100 "red shirt" anti-government protesters from an army base in central Bangkok on Saturday, local television reported.

Thai PBS channel said the protesters did not enter the base, which is near Phan Fah bridge, one of the red shirts' main camps during their one-month protest in Bangkok. (Reporting by Viparat Jantraprap; Writing by Alan Raybould; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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