UPDATE 9-Thai ministry stormed after govt declares emergency
* State of emergency declared in Bangkok and environs
* PM Abhisit threatens tough action
* Former PM Thaksin calls for uprising after troops deployed
* Shots fired when protesters storm interior ministry
* High-profile pro-Thaskin supporter arrested
(Adds Abhisit comment about government-military unity, paragraphs 9-10, travel advisories paragraph 11)
By Alan Raybould
BANGKOK, April 12 (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency on Sunday to quell political unrest and threatened to take tough action against protesters who have gathered in Bangkok.
Troops fired into the air when anti-government protesters stormed the interior ministry on Sunday. The crowds mobbed the prime minister's car and beat it with clubs as he drove away from the ministry. Continued...
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