The Man Who May Have Carried Out the Bangkok Attack

A woman prays at the Erawan Shrine at Rajprasong intersection in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, August 19, 2015.

Thai police say at least 10 people were involved in Monday’s Bangkok bomb attack.

He failed to give any further details, but did refute previously expressed fears that Chinese citizens (four of whom died) had been the focus of the attack, claiming they were not the “direct targets”.

The open-air Erawan Shrine reopened to the public Wednesday, two days after the explosion tore through the area killing at least 20 people – including foreigners – and wounding more than 120 injured.

Bangkok’s Southern Criminal Court later issued an arrest warrant for the unidentified “foreign” man, for charges including conspiracy to commit pre-mediated murder, as well as charges related to the possession of unauthorized explosives and weapons.

Thai authorities had at first been reluctant to seek help in the investigation into the blast but on Thursday appealed for Interpol’s assistance in finding the man accused of being the prime suspect. They have also offered a reward of 1 million Thai baht ($28,000) for information leading to his arrest.

The suspect may have been wearing a wig to disguise himself and may have been part of “a network”, according to national police chief General Somyot Poompanmuang.

Mr Prawut also said that two other men seen in the grainy CCTV footage were being sought.

“We are confident at least three people were involved in this, but maybe more”, Kissana said.

Meanwhile, security officials intensified their hunt for a man in a yellow T-shirt who was captured by a CCTV camera putting his backpack under a bench at the shrine and leaving the scene shortly before the blast.

Royal Thai Police Commissioner, Gen. Somyot Poompanmoung, said authorities don’t yet know the man’s identity or whether he is Thai or a foreigner.

No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing or a second failed bombing attempt at a river bridge in Bangkok on Tuesday afternoon.

Chinese national Gao Yu Ping, who lost his wife and daughter in Monday’s deadly blast, cries at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Bangkok, Thailand.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha said he would not be attending due to escalating security concerns.

Another possibility being probed is that the suspect belongs to anti-government “Red Shirt” movements in the northeast, which backed Yingluck Shinawatra and her brother Thaksin – the siblings deposed by military coups in 2014 and 2006.