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Account the indiscriminate violence, the targeted anation s assassinati assassinations. >> reporter: the government claims to have sealed off this protest site but food is still getting in. at a nearby supermarket, long queues, as everyone, including foreigners, stock up. there seems to be a bit of panicked buying? >> it's like a hurricane buying in the states. you don't know if the stores are opening tomorrow. >> reporter: beyond the perimeter of the protest area, the violence and anarchy is spreading. thailand's image as a holiday paradise is going up in spoke. >> cnn's dan rivers joins us l...

What's the situation there? >> reporter: it's extremely chaotic. there's smoke coming from one section of the protest area. all di long we're hearing explosions. you hear gunfire continuing throughout the day. we do understand now, we have confirmed at least one person has been killed today. yes, there are americans here. some are holed up in their homes. they are not leaving. it is a danger situation in the commercial district of this city. we should talk about what's happening with the protests by the government. the government said we're going to impose a curfew, but gave no details of that...

Agencies into the protest area, and they want to evacuate women, children, and the elderly. joining me on the phone from bangkok is global radio news reporter, simon raqmin and we spoke yesterday and the violence was escalating. have things calmed down at all. >> caller: i wouldn't say they've calmed down since the time i spoke to you last. i'm pretty much in the same place from where we spoke yesterday, i'm on this highway, where the red shirts set up a new impromptu rally site and i'm blocked off, three miles, from one of the main highways, ring roads around bangkok, city center, where the m...

Violence broke out on thursday. joining us by phone now, it is 4:00 a.m. in bangkok time, sunday. global news radio reporter, simon, are you there? >> i'm here. >> harris: it's early morning. i know violence takes a break. but i understand moments ago you could still hear gun fire. >> reporter: there is sporadic gun fire in different locations in the city. the main protest area is in a area which is the main high end shopping area in bangkok. they occupied that for a number of reasons. one, it will be very difficult for the army to move in and clear them and secondly, it let's the shut down of...

Site of protesters getting in and out, shut off water supplies. they haven't succeeded. protesters moved into other parts of the city, setting up road blocks on a couple of highways, either side of the main protest area and trying to stop troops from accessing where the rest of their colleagues are located. on one of those sites today there was gun fire, bomb explosions, petro bombs, and a number of people were killed. the army were firing rubber bullets, live rounds into the air, but also snipers on high-rise buildings, either side of this protest location were firing down. >> harris: we're s...