the founder of thailand ' s " yellow shirt " protest movement that brought down thai airports last year was shooting and wounded in an assassination attempt yesterday , just yesterday after people cracked down on rioting protesters from the rival , anti - government " red shirt " group . the government quickly moved to tighten guards around prime minister abhisit vejjajiva , who said a kind of emergency that was imposed sunday in bangkok would still in issue . vehicles bearing wongsawat were attacking twice by red - shirted activists in the line - up to this week ' s events .
The "yellow" and the "red shirts" are enemies.