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A stream of worshipers and Buddhist monks arrived to pray at the Hindu religious site, which is popular with locals and Chinese tourists.

Otherwise, he would have been at the shrine around the time of the explosion.

The bomb attack that killed 20 people at Bangkok’s Erawan shrine on Monday was carried out by a “network”, Thailand’s chief of police has said. However, they now believe he is foreign per the arrest warrant issued by Bangkok’s Southern Criminal Court.

Police were offering a one million baht (£17,935) reward “to whoever can give information that leads to the arrest of the suspect”.

Prosecutors in Tianjin said earlier they were investigating two senior officials from Binhai district on suspicion of corruption, although they did not specify whether the charges were linked to the blasts.

“The school has been in contact with Vivian’s family to express its most sincere condolences on her passing and is co-ordinating condolence and support arrangements for its students, alumnae, teachers and parents”.

The government said the attack during the Monday evening rush hour, in the capital’s bustling commercial hub, was aimed at destroying the economy.

Thai authorities said yesterday they were hunting a man shown on security footage strolling into a packed religious shrine wearing a bright yellow T-shirt and placing a bomb-laden backpack, before an explosion that killed at least 20 people.

According to He Shushan, vice mayor of Tianjin, as of Monday night, specialists had searched risky chemicals scattered within a radius of three kilometers around the blast site’s core area.

The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that the British passport-holding Hong Kong resident was a keen food blogger. Chan was a resident of Hong Kong.

“The yellow shirt guy is not just the suspect”.

He later posted on Instagram stills of CCTV footage he said showed his whereabouts yesterday.

Tianjin: Hundreds of residents displaced by huge explosions last week in the Chinese port of Tianjin demanded compensation on Monday, as authorities worked to complete a sweep of the blast site for risky chemicals.

People injured in the explosions that hit a nearby chemical warehouse last week hold photos of their wounds as they join a protest outside the hotel where authorities are holding a press conference in Tianjin, China, on August 17, 2015. Meanwhile, more than 80 of the victims have...

Residents whose homes were damaged in the explosions held another demonstration outside the venue of a press conference briefing journalists on the relief effort.