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Authorities have called it the worst attack in Thai history. But, “authorities don’t know whether the man is still in the country”.

The government said Monday evening’s attack at the popular Erawan shrine in the heart of Bangkok was aimed at wrecking the economy, which depends heavily on tourism.

Thai police said Wednesday the prime suspect in the bombing of a Bangkok religious shrine in which 20 people died was overheard speaking a foreign language other than English.

The suspect doesn’t look like an average Thai national and a motorcycle taxi driver who said he took the suspect away from the scene after the explosion stated that he spoke a foreign language and that it didn’t seem to be English.

Burns told a television news channel that he nearly had a panic attack when he saw himself being mistaken by people on social media for the Bangkok bomber.

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However, investigators have not been able to determine the nationality of the man or ascertain if he was still in Thailand, National Chief of Police Somyot Poompanmoung said Wednesday, according to Reuters. A government spokesman said that both bombs used TNT but no link has been...

The image was apparently based on security camera footage taken from the site of the Erawan Shrine in the minutes before the bomb was detonated.

Meanwhile, the shrine that was the scene of Monday’s deadly attack reopened to the public on Wednesday.

Security services in Thailand have released images of a suspect they are seeking in connection with Monday night’s bombing at a popular shrine in Bangkok that has left at least 20 dead and over 100 injured.

At least 21 firefighters are among the dead, state media reported.

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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.

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