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Violence spreads to another protest site in downtown Bangkok

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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, center, leaves the Thai Air Force headquarters after a cabinet meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Anti-government protesters are pressing for the resignation of Yingluck and want her to be replaced by an appointed interim government to implement reforms they say are needed to fight corruption and permanently remove Yingluck's wealthy family from politics. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn) (The Associated Press)

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra sits in a car as she leaves the Thai Air Force headquarters after a cabinet meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Anti-government protesters are pressing for the resignation of Yingluck and want her to be replaced by an appointed interim government to implement reforms they say are needed to fight corruption and permanently remove Yingluck's wealthy family from politics. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn) (The Associated Press)

An anti-government protester raises his hands as he listens to a speech by their leader Suthep Thaugsuban during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. The protesters are pressing for the resignation of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. They want her to be replaced by an appointed interim government to implement reforms they say are needed to fight corruption and permanently remove Yingluck's wealthy family from politics. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) (The Associated Press)

Thai security officials say another anti-government protest site in the Thai capital has been attacked following a weekend of violence that left four people dead, including three children.

Deputy National Police spokesman Anucha Romyanan said shooting occurred early Tuesday at a protest camp near Lumpini Park in downtown Bangkok. He said shots were fired from a car and a motorcycle at protest site guards there and at another protest site near the upscale Ratchaprasong shopping area.

Anucha said one man was injured in the leg. He did not say if the guards, some of whom are armed, returned fire. At least 20 people have been killed and more than 700 have been hurt since November in violence related to protests demanding that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra resign.