Police have fired rubber bullets at protesters trying to get into the compound housing the prime minister's office in Bangkok.
It happened after Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said in a televised address police would not use force against the demonstrators.
She said her immediate aim was to restore "peace" to the capital's streets and vowed police "will not use force against the people."
But shortly after Thailand's security chief said polcie were "alternating between the use of water cannons, teargas and rubber bullets" to contain the protesters.
Paradorn Pattanathabutr added: "Rubber bullets are being used in one area only and that is the bridge near Government House."
The protesters are attempting to remove the government, which they say is corrupt, and replace it with a 'People's Council'.
A bus that was set on fire during the protests But Ms Shinawatra rejected their demands in her address.
"Anything I can do to make people happy, I am willing to do ... but as prime minister what i can do must be under the constitution," she said.
Ms Shinawatra was speaking for the first time since violence broke out on Saturday after weeks of peaceful protest.
On Sunday opposition leader Suthep Thaugsuban gave her two days to stand down
Thailand has seen 18 actual or attempted coups since 1932, most recently in 2006 when Ms Shinawatra's brother, Taksin Shinawatra, was overthrown.
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