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Police in Thailand have said they are treating two men seen in CCTV footage near the scene of a bomb blast that killed 22 people in Bangkok as suspects, in addition to the man spotted leaving a backpack at the scene. Two men seen in CCTV footage near the site of a bomb blast that killed 22 people in Bangkok are being treated as suspects by police – in addition to the man spotted leaving a backpack at the scene.
“The person in red and the person in white are also suspects,” police spokesman Prawut Thawornsiri said, referring to two figures seen in grainy footage, along with the first suspect, who wore a yellow t-shirt. “The person in red and the person in white are also suspects,” Thai police spokesman Prawut Thawornsiri said, referring to two figures seen in grainy footage, along with the first suspect, who wore a yellow T-shirt.
An electronic sketch of the man in yellow released by police on Wednesday shows a thin man with dark, shaggy hair and a light complexion, wearing black-rimmed glasses. An electronic sketch of the first suspect released by police on Wednesday shows a thin man with dark, shaggy hair and a light complexion, wearing black-rimmed glasses.
Shortly after a Thai court issued an arrest warrant for the suspect, describing him as an “unnamed foreigner” wanted for “premeditated murder, attempted murder and bomb-making”. His ethnicity is unclear from the sketch and police have not said how they reached the conclusion that he is a foreigner. A Thai court has issued an arrest warrant for the man, describing him as an “unnamed foreigner” wanted for “premeditated murder, attempted murder and bomb-making”. Police have not said how they reached the conclusion that he is a foreigner.
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Police chief Somyot Poompanmoung had earlier told reporters that police believe the suspect in the yellow t-shirt was working with accomplices. “He didn’t do it alone, for sure. It’s a network,” Somyot said. Police chief Somyot Poompanmoung had earlier told reporters that detectives believe the suspect in the yellow T-shirt was working with accomplices. “He didn’t do it alone, for sure. It’s a network,” Somyot said.
Police are offering a 1m baht (£17,935) reward for anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest of suspects.Police are offering a 1m baht (£17,935) reward for anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest of suspects.
No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Erawan shrine, a major attraction for Hindus and Buddhists from Thailand and other parts of Asia, especially China. The explosion was so powerful it killed people on motorbikes and passersby in the street. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Erawan shrine, a popular attraction for Hindus and Buddhists from Thailand and other parts of Asia, especially China. The explosion was so powerful it killed people on motorbikes and passersby in the street.
The site reopened on Wednesday morning. People lit candles and placed flower garlands at the base of the small shrine on the corner of a busy downtown intersection. The government promised to repair the image of Brahma on the shrine, which suffered only minor damage. The site reopened on Wednesday morning. People lit candles and placed flower garlands at the base of the small shrine on the corner of a busy downtown intersection. The government promised to repair the image of Brahma on the shrine, which sustained only minor damage.
The massive security breach, metres from luxury malls and five-star hotels in the heart of the capital, poses a major challenge to the military junta that seized power in May last year. The government has promised to bring security and stability after months of violent political turmoil. Sunny Burns, an Australian actor who lives in Bangkok, said on his Facebook page that because people thought he looked like the man in the yellow T-shirt in the CCTV footage, he was receiving death threats on social media.
“All my private information from immigration was leaked online and people were looking for me – they even knew my home address,” he said. “I’m still in total shock and being called a terrorist.”
Burns said he went to the Thai police, who searched his house and then released him. He released a photograph on his Instagram account that he said showed him talking to police.
In the early evening on Tuesday, a small explosive device appeared to have been thrown towards a pier from the Taksin bridge in the Thai capital, heightening concerns about continuing strikes on the capital.
Security camera footage showed people on a walkway at the Sathorn pier being showered with water after the object fell into the Chao Phraya river. A government spokesman said that both bombs used TNT but no link has been made to Monday’s attack and no one was hurt.
The massive security breach at the shrine, metres from luxury malls and five-star hotels in the heart of the Thai capital, poses a large challenge to the military junta that seized power in May last year. The government has promised to bring security and stability after months of violent political turmoil.
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The prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, told media the attack was “the worst incident that has ever happened in Thailand”.The prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, told media the attack was “the worst incident that has ever happened in Thailand”.
As the attack has no precedent in the country, police and observers have struggled to suggest a motive. Thailand’s army chief said on Tuesday that the attack did not bear the hallmarks of Muslim separatists in the south who have been waging an insurgency for years. Violence has been used by Thai political groups, but a large-scale bombing is unheard of. As the attack has no precedent in the country, police and observers have struggled to suggest a motive. On Tuesday, Thailand’s army chief said the attack did not bear the hallmarks of Muslim separatists in the south who have been waging an insurgency for years. Violence has been used by Thai political groups, but a large-scale bombing is unheard of.
Somyot suggested authorities were also looking at ethnic Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority from China’s western Xinjiang region, many of whom have fled to south-east Asia.Somyot suggested authorities were also looking at ethnic Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority from China’s western Xinjiang region, many of whom have fled to south-east Asia.
Thailand forcibly returned 109 Uighurs to China in July, angering the community and causing an outcry from human rights groups and the United Nations who said they could face persecution and abuse. Thailand forcibly returned 109 Uighurs to China in July, angering the community and causing an outcry from human rights groups and the UN which said they could face persecution and abuse.
“Police are not ruling out anything including (Thai) politics and the conflict of ethnic Uighurs who, before this, Thailand sent back to China,” Somyot said. “Police are not ruling out anything including [Thai] politics and the conflict of ethnic Uighurs who, before this, Thailand sent back to China,” Somyot said.
At least 11 foreigners were killed in the explosion, with Chinese, Hong Kong, Singaporean, Indonesian and Malaysian citizens among the dead.At least 11 foreigners were killed in the explosion, with Chinese, Hong Kong, Singaporean, Indonesian and Malaysian citizens among the dead.
The British foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, said on Tuesday that a UK national, a resident of Hong Kong, lost her life in the attack. The British foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, said on Tuesday that a UK national, a resident of Hong Kong, died in the attack.