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“There have been minor bombs or just noise, but this time they aimed for innocent lives”, Prayuth said Tuesday. 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...

The initial bomb exploded at around 7 p.m. (1200GMT) in Rajprasong, a commercial area of central Bangkok near the Erawan Shrine – a revered Hindu statue visited by thousands of tourists every day.

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”.

Chan and Pang, 24, who had travelled with two male companions, were inside the temple praying when the bomb exploded, a friend of the group told the Guardian.

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.

Investigations continue at the Erawan Shrine the morning after an explosion in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015.

“Australians should continue to go to Thailand because the objective of the sorts of people who let off bombs in crowded cities is to scare us from being ourselves and we should never be intimidated by that”, Mr Abbott said.

Twelve victims died at the scene, and six others died later in the hospital, officials said.

The Immigration Department said it will rush three officers to Thailand Tuesday morning to render assistance to those injured and other Hong Kong residents there. It advises New Zealanders in Bangkok to keep away from the downtown area, to be highly vigilant and take heed of...

While there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, suspicion swiftly fell on the kingdom’s rival political factions.

Fierce blast… This image taken from security footage provided by Thai PBS shows the moment of an explosion in central Bangkok, Thailand.