He confirmed that there was two dead cases from clashes at the Nang Lerng Market on Monday evening, where the government accused the red-shirt protesters of intruding and clashing with local residents.

Thai army soliders stand guard on a street near the Government House in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on April 13, 2009. [Zhang Fengguo/Xinhua]

Violent clashes and sporadic bloodshed were reported in many spots around Bangkok, as the military moved before dawn on Monday to disperse anti-government protesters led by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) at the Din Daeng intersection, one of the red-shirt rally sites, which the military finally took back control of it.

Nearly 100 people were reportedly injured in the clashes.

The authorities claimed the violence was incited by protesters who burnt buses, seized a LPG tanker, intruded local markets, broke into banks and threw motolovs at soldiers as well as civilians throughout the day.

A burning bus is seen on a street near the Government House in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on April 13, 2009. [Zhang Fengguo/Xinhua]

Abhisit dismissed reports about the military causing large bloodshed in Bangkok, and said that it was the red-shirt protesters who incited the clashes.