Timeline of Bangkok warfare

7.30pm - Erawan Emergency Center reports that the death toll of the Bangkok Warfare is now 29 and 221 injuries. The latest victims were killed by sharpnels of M-79 grenades that landed in Bon Kai area.

7.15pm - CRES invokes state of emergency in five provinces; Ubon Ratchathani, Mahasarakam, Roi Et, Sakon Nakhon and Nongbua Lumpu.

7pm - Emergency Institute of Thailand revives death toll of the Bangkok warfare to 27 and 245 injuries.

6.30pm - CRES announces that May 17 and 18 will be official holidays for government officials. The decision was made as the clashes between troops and red shirts continued and there is no sign of subsiding. 

5pm - Curfew will not be issued to handle the chaos in Bangkok : CRES. The decision was made out of concern that issuing of curfew would affect people.

4.20pm - Erawan Emergency Center revives death toll of the Bangkok Crisis to 25, and injured to 215, as of 4.20pm.

The Center identified the latest victim as Somchai Prasupan, 43.

4.19pm - Assailants fire M-79 grenades near Thai-Belgium Bridge, just about 100 meters from the troops' barricades.

4.12pm - Thai PBS reports that a cameraman of PTV was shot at his back but he is saved by a bulletproof vest.

A field reporter of Thai PBS says the PTV cameraman, Phutthapong Chusaeng, was shot while lying down on the ground along with him. He was saved by the vest as the bullet did not piece through the vest.

The two were on the roadside between the Rama IV expressway and Lumpini Tower building.

3pm - Women, children and elderly people are seen packing their stuffs and leave the Rajprasong rally site for Pathum Wanaram Temple located nearby. The temple's authority earlier announced that the temple's compound is safe zone and reserved for any protesters only with one condition, they must have no weapons.

1.40pm - CRES spokesman Sansern says in a press briefing that police, officials, Red Cross and NGOs will persuade red shirts protesters particularly women and children to abandon the protests.

The government will arrange vehicles for them to return home. The campaign to reduce the number of protesters will end at 3pm tomorrow.

1.15pm - Sansern says the CRES has learnt that the terrorists would be dressed like police or troops to try to create a situation by causing misunderstanding that two sides of security forces would fight against each other.

1pm - The spokesman of the Centre for Resolution of Emergency Situation will hold a meeting at 2.30pm to decide details about curfew imposing.

CRES spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd says police will study where curfew should be imposed and when and report their plan to the CRES for discussion at 2.30pm.

11.30am - Channel 3 reports that red-shirt protesters seized traffic light booth at the Din Daeng Intersection and light a big fire in the middle of road using tyres. Think smoke was seen billowing.

11.15am : red shirts try to fire a Bang Fire rocket but it goes off accidentally and injured themselves in Din Daeng area.

The protesters also threaten to fire at authorities if they attempt to break up the rally at the intersection.

11am : Red shirt protesters burn tyres in Bon Kai area, close to Bon Kai community. The fire engulfes and razes to the ground a Tesco Express located nearby.

11am - The Chulalongkorn Hospital announces that its medical services will be closed from Monday (May 19) until further notice.

The statement says the situation outside the hospital is not safe for its medical personnel and patients so it decides to close its Out-patient Department and its special clinic after office hours until further notice.

It will also suspend all surgery operations except the case of emergency. The public can call 02-256-4183 for further information.

10am - A Nation reporter sees a woman shot at her head at 10 am Sunday while observing the protest in front of the Bon Kai community near the Rama IV expressway.

9.30am - BTS and MRT services suspended for the second day.

9am - Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva urges in a TV-pool programme the protesters to abandon the protest and go home.

Speaking live on his weekly TV programme, Abhisit says the ongoing crisis would end only when the red-shirt people end their rally.

He says the authorities have so far laying siege to the protest zone without entering to the main rally zone yet.

He says the people should not join the rally because they could get a jail term if they are arrested and they could be used by terrorists as tools.

He also urges the public to screen and cross-check information before believing.

He has instructed all schools in Bangkok to postpone their new semester by one week. The schools will be open on May 24.

9am - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's Emergency Medical Service Centre revives the death toll of two days of clashes between protesters and security forces to 24.

The EMS Centre says so far 198 people are injured.

Of the killed, 23 were men.

8.30am - The situation at the Bon Kai area remains very tense as protesters set a huge fire in the middle of the road using several tyres.

They pile up tyres on at the Rama IV-Wireless Intersection and set fire to the tyres, sending thick smoke into the air. The protesters appear blatant and shout to provoke troops.

8.15am - Blood pressure for Maj Gen Khattiya Sawasdiphol has dropped so much that he slipped into kidney failure condition.

Doctor Chaiwan Charoenchokthawee said Khattiya's blood pressure constantly dropped until he was regarded as having kidney failure condition.

"In general, his condition worsened. Doctors are trying to reduce the waste in his blood and urologists are now helping take care of him."