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| Bangkok Bomb: Thai police name Adem Karadag as suspect arrested over blast that killed 20 | |
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| Police in Bangkok have named Adem Karadag as the man who they arrested earlier today as a suspect connected to a bomb which killed 20 people on 17 August. | |
| Thai authorities say that Karadag is a Turkish national. | |
| Thai police released an image of Adem Karadag alongside suspected bomb-making material which they say they found in his flat The blast happened inside the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok's Pathum Wan District and injured 125 people. | |
| Thai police say that the arrest took place today after they raided an apartment which they believe was being used by the suspect in northern Bangkok. They say that they discovered suspected bomb-making materials inside the property. | Thai police say that the arrest took place today after they raided an apartment which they believe was being used by the suspect in northern Bangkok. They say that they discovered suspected bomb-making materials inside the property. |
| Police had previously said they were looking for a man who appeared on CCTV footage of the incident as part of their investigation. | Police had previously said they were looking for a man who appeared on CCTV footage of the incident as part of their investigation. |
| Footage (see below) appeared to show a man in shorts and a yellow T-shirt removing a backpack and placing it underneath a bench inside the shrine, before leaving the area. The bomb reportedly then exploded in the place where the backpack had been left. | |
| More to follow | More to follow |