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At the international airport anti-government protesters attacked police, smashing vehicles and firing shots.

And at Government House scores of protesters were injured in an explosion.

The protesters have been occupying the international and domestic airports since Tuesday, forcing a halt to all flights.

Thailand's airport authority said it was extending the closure of Suvarnabhumi international airport until at least 6pm on Monday. It means hundreds of Britons face several more days of frustration.

England rugby league captain Jamie Peacock, whose pregnant wife Faye is stuck in Bangkok with their four-year-old son, said: "The country is on the brink of a lot of trouble. It's as if they have forgotten about these people."

And John Neilson, 67, from Salisbury, who is stranded in the capital, said: "We have work to do, families to look after. I've got a £12,000 contract that starts on Monday. If I'm not there, I don't get paid."

Some tourists have taken buses hundreds of miles to airports on the southern island of Phuket or in the northern city of Chiang Mai. Others have travelled overland to neighbouring Cambodia and Malaysia. Thai Airways has started arranging flights from the U-tapao military base 120 miles south east of the capital.

But David Walker, 40, a banker from London, said: "I don't want to get stuck at a military base in the backwaters of Thailand with no facilities. We're just sitting tight."

A Foreign Office spokesman said: "The situation in Thailand remains tense and we are following events closely. Our priority is the safety of British nationals."