Thailand looks for unnamed foreign man over Bangkok blast

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

Two men seen in CCTV footage near the site of a bomb blast that killed 20 people in Bangkok are being treated as suspects by police – in addition to the man spotted leaving a backpack at the scene.

Thai police on Wednesday released a sketch of the suspect wanted for the deadly bomb blast in Bangkok that killed around 38 people and wounded more than 120. The sketch shows a man apparently leaving a backpack at the Erawan shrine, minutes before the explosion took place.

Police said they were also considering the possibility that ethnic Uighurs were behind the bombing.

He said the security video appears to show two possible accomplices standing in front of the man. They are also being considered as suspects. “I just feel in my heart there is more to come, I really do and that’s why I really, really want to go home”, she said.

The Thai government said the attack was aimed at wrecking the country’s economy, which heavily relies on tourism.

Officially, the authorities are keeping an open mind on the motive for the deadly attack and there has been no claim of responsibility.

Police chief Somyot Poompunmuang said the bombings were intended to discredit the government and a group of people was behind them.

“He didn’t do it alone, for sure”.

Police have said the man is a suspect but that others could be behind the attack. “It is quite clear that he is the perpetrator in this case”, Prawut told local television station Channel 3, adding that police was also trying to track down the motorcycle taxi driver.

The sketch shows a fair-skinned man with thick, medium-length black hair, a wispy beard and black glasses.

The warrant described him as a tall foreigner with white skin.

Forty-eight hours after a bomb blast tore through a shrine teeming with tourists in central Bangkok, the authorities yesterday seemed to have few firm clues about who was responsible for the bloodiest attack the city has seen.

The prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, told media the attack was “the worst incident that has ever happened in Thailand”. Police had carried out investigations in an area of the Thai capital popular with Uygur migrants.

Dedicated to the Hindu god Brahma, it is visited by thousands of Buddhist devotees every day, particularly Chinese visitors who travel to Thailand in larger numbers than any other nationality.

On Wednesday, people knelt in prayer, lit incense and placed flowers at the site of the bombing.

The Hindu shrine, located in Pathum Wan district, was built in 1956 and is a popular tourist attraction. “Words can not express my sadness”.

Thai authorities have identified six victims as Thai, four Malaysians, four Chinese and two from Hong Kong and one Indonesian and one Singaporean.