In April 2010, the demonstrators occupied the Ratchaprasong intersection, located at the heart of Bangkok's commercial district. Later that month, violent clashes occurred between UDD protestors and government security forces on Ratchadamnoen Road near Phan Fah Bridge; live ammunition and war-grade weaponry was used by both sides, according to eyewitness reports and the media. By the following morning, 25 persons--including 10 protestors, nine civilians, one foreign journalist, and five members of the security forces--had been killed.