Protesters march in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Jan 18 (AFP): Anti-government protesters massed in the Thai capital Saturday vowing to keep up their fight to topple the government, a day after a bomb attack on their rally that killed one and wounded dozens.
Tensions in Bangkok soared following the blast, the latest bloodshed in weeks of demonstrations aimed at forcing Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office and derailing February 2 elections.
A 46-year-old protester who died of his wounds from the explosion became the ninth person killed during the demonstrations, which have also seen scores injured in several outbreaks of unrest.
Thousands marched without incident in the centre of the city on Saturday, waving Thai national flags and blowing their trademark whistles.
"We have to go on with our fight because what we are doing is for our country," rally leader Suthep Thaugsuban told reporters before embarking on the march, although he added the movement was on "full alert".
Suthep was nearby when the explosion tore through Friday's march as protesters neared a busy intersection in the shopping district of the city.
The capital's Erawan emergency centre said the blast left one dead and 37 injured, with 11 remaining in hospital.
An official from the centre said the injured protester died of his wounds early Saturday.
"He died from severe loss of blood after suffering shrapnel wounds to his major internal organs," the official told AFP.
Both authorities and demonstrators blamed each other for the blast, which was apparently caused by a grenade-type device thrown from a nearby building.
Thailand has been periodically rocked by bouts of bloody unrest since just before a 2006 military coup that ousted Thaksin Shinawatra-Yingluck's older brother-who now lives in self exile abroad to avoid a jail term for corruption.