One fatality in bomb that wounds 10 others in Bangkok

Bangkok: A bomb at a bus stop in downtown Bangkok killed one person and wounded 10 others on Sunday shortly after polls closed in a parliamentary election that pitted a government candidate against a jailed leader of recent mass protests in the Thai capital.

Police Major General Anuchai Lekbamroong, at the site of the explosion, declined to speculate whether the bombing was related to Thailand's continued political turbulence.

The bomb wounded 10 Thai people and one women from Myanmar, all of whom were hospitalised, according to the government's Erawan Center, which accounts for casualties in such incidents.

A nurse who declined to give her name since she was not authorised to speak with the press said a 51-year-old Thai man later died during an operation at the Police Hospital.

Meanwhile, according to unofficial results, the government candidate scored a narrow victory over a contender being held in jail on terrorism charges in an election touted by rival sides as a barometer of Thailand's political climate.