Tag

No one has publicly claimed responsibility for the attack, sparking an array of theories about who might be behind it.

Thailand said Thursday global terror groups were likely not behind a deadly Bangkok shrine bombing, but appealed for Interpol help in hunting a foreign man accused of being the prime suspect.

The police said in a statement that the bomb was probably “the work of at least 10 people and at least one month’s planning, with Thai people involved”.

Authorities are hunting for the man seen on a surveillance video putting a backpack under a bench in the shrine and then walking away shortly before the blast went off.

“We are also looking for other suspects in connection with the blast“, said national police spokesman Prawut Thawornsiri.

Four Chinese citizens are among the dead.

However, authorities have sought Interpol help in tracking down the foreign man suspected of planting explosives.

The chief suspect is “an unnamed male foreigner”, according to an arrest warrant issued Wednesday by a Thai court. Authorities appear to have few solid leads and have given confusing and sometimes contradictory statements on the investigation.

“This includes those who looked out on the streets, prepared the bomb and those at the site and… those who knew the escape route”.

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

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...

“Our thoughts are with the people of Thailand at this time of shock and grief”, said a statement by the spokesperson for the European External Action Service.

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.

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.

National police chief General Somyot Poompanmoung said the attack was carried out by a “network”. Police released several photos of the man, with and without the backpack, as well as a detailed sketch, and asked the public to provide information about him.