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| Thai police have arrested a suspect in connection with the bomb attack on a Hindu temple in central Bangkok that killed 20 people, including a British national. | Thai police have arrested a suspect in connection with the bomb attack on a Hindu temple in central Bangkok that killed 20 people, including a British national. |
| A police spokesman told Reuters that the arrested man fitted the description of the main suspect in the attack on the Erawan shrine in the central Chidlom district of the Thai capital. | A police spokesman told Reuters that the arrested man fitted the description of the main suspect in the attack on the Erawan shrine in the central Chidlom district of the Thai capital. |
| Police arrested the suspect on Saturday in Nong Jok, on the northern outskirts of Bangkok. | Police arrested the suspect on Saturday in Nong Jok, on the northern outskirts of Bangkok. |
| Officers raided an apartment used by the man and discovered possible bomb-making materials, police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said. The suspect “looks like the one we are looking for”, he said. “They also found a lot of materials which can be used to make bombs.” | Officers raided an apartment used by the man and discovered possible bomb-making materials, police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said. The suspect “looks like the one we are looking for”, he said. “They also found a lot of materials which can be used to make bombs.” |
| Prawut said that the person who had been arrested was a foreigner, but refused to say if he was Turkish, as had been reported by some Thai media. | Prawut said that the person who had been arrested was a foreigner, but refused to say if he was Turkish, as had been reported by some Thai media. |
| BBC correspondent Jonathan Head tweeted that Thai police do not believe the man arrested on Saturday was responsible for the bombing. | BBC correspondent Jonathan Head tweeted that Thai police do not believe the man arrested on Saturday was responsible for the bombing. |
| Thai police do not believe suspect arrested today is Erawan bomber. But sure he was involved in bombing. | Thai police do not believe suspect arrested today is Erawan bomber. But sure he was involved in bombing. |
| Thai media published photographs of a man who did not appear to be Thai in a yellow shirt and beige shirts sitting in front of two police with his hands cuffed. In front of him lay plastic bags which reports said were full of bomb-making materials. | |
| Police have not confirmed whether the man was the same as the suspect captured dropping a black rucksack off at the blast scene minutes before the explosion. The hair of the man in police photos was much lighter and he had a short beard. | |
| Police say they have sent plain-clothed officers to bars and restaurants frequented by foreigners to try to find the suspect. | |
| Immigration officers at Bangkok’s international airport have a printpit of the digital sketch of the suspect caught on the CCTV on the night of the bombing. Some sketches show him without glasses, wearing a hat or with no hair. | |
| The military government said on Thai TV that the arrested man was in possession of detonators, ball bearings and a pipe. Authorities say the blast was caused by a pipe bomb. | |
| Footage of a stack of passports was also shown on the broadcast. Police said 100 officers were involved in the operation. | |
| Police have released a photo of the man’s passport, which appears to be badly made, with two expiry dates shown. The document appeared to be a Turkish passport, belonging to a man born in 1987. | |
| The main evidence in the case has been grainy CCTV footage of a man in a yellow T-shirt dropping a black backpack near the shrine minutes before an explosion ripped through it on 17 August. | The main evidence in the case has been grainy CCTV footage of a man in a yellow T-shirt dropping a black backpack near the shrine minutes before an explosion ripped through it on 17 August. |
| Days later police released a detailed electronic sketch of the suspect, showing a thin man with dark, shaggy hair and a light complexion, wearing black-rimmed glasses and wristbands on both arms. | Days later police released a detailed electronic sketch of the suspect, showing a thin man with dark, shaggy hair and a light complexion, wearing black-rimmed glasses and wristbands on both arms. |
| The image has been widely circulated in Thailand, including on roadside billboards, along with offers of a reward for information leading to an arrest. The total reward on offer from both police and private citizens last week stood at more than £200,000. | The image has been widely circulated in Thailand, including on roadside billboards, along with offers of a reward for information leading to an arrest. The total reward on offer from both police and private citizens last week stood at more than £200,000. |
| Police are yet to determine a clear motive for the bombing at the Erawan shrine - an attraction popular with Chinese tourists as well as Thais, which also left more than 120 people injured. | Police are yet to determine a clear motive for the bombing at the Erawan shrine - an attraction popular with Chinese tourists as well as Thais, which also left more than 120 people injured. |