On 6 October 1976 , amid rising fears of a communist takeover similar to the one that had taken place in Vietnam , anti-communist police and paramilitaries attacked a leftist student demonstration at Thammasat University in Bangkok , during an incident that became known as the Thammasat University massacre . According to official estimates , 46 students were killed and 167 wounded
Thammasat University massacre
Thammasat University massacre
Communist insurgency in Thailand