Thai police seek two more blast suspects

The deadly Bangkok bomb took over one month to plan and was executed by more than 10 people, the kingdom’s police chief said Thursday, as more details emerged of the suspected network behind an attack that killed 20 people.

Thai Police chief Pol Gen Somyot Pumpanmuang announced that the Government was offering a one million baht (RM100,000) reward for information leading to the capture of the suspect.

Earlier, police said they believed at least three people, including a foreign man, were involved in the attack on a famous city shrine.

The Bangkok resident, who also tutors English, posted a selfie on Facebook of his meeting with police, saying he forgives “everyone who spread those frightful rumours”.

The sketch showed a fair, young man with thick hair and wearing black glasses who could be of “mixed origin”, Thai police spokesman Prawut Thawornsiri said in a televised interview.

In response to the attack, Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha promised that authorities would quickly track down those responsible for the bombing.

The man is shown in CCTV footage dumping a backpack and walking away from the scene of the blast minutes before the explosion.

Thailand says there is little chance that the deadly bombing in the capital, Bangkok, this week was carried out by an worldwide terrorist group.

The Brahma temple, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Bangkok, was reopened today for worshippers and tourists two days after the blasts.

The military government was initially reluctant in asking for outside help in the investigation of the blast at the Erawan shrine on Monday evening that killed 20 people and wounded scores.

Officials did say the bombing did not match the tactics of Muslim insurgents in the south, nor was it similar to attacks by the “Red Shirt” supporters of exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Authorities in Thailand say the two men handed themselves in to police and are now being questioned.

Police said Thursday they were unsure of his whereabouts.

The explosion at the shrine, which is popular with Chinese visitors, is likely to dampen their enthusiasm for Bangkok as a tourist destination.

It claimed the lives of at least 13 foreigners – from Britain, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

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No one has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. A small explosive was thrown from a bridge towards a river pier.

Since’s Monday’s blast, another bomb exploded Tuesday near a transit station in Bangkok’s riverside, but caused no injuries.

Among those killed in Monday’s attack was a British national.

Thailand has endured a decade of political unrest amid a power struggle that broadly pits the rural and urban poor, led by the populist Shinawatra clan, against a royalist elite backed by the military.