The suspect in the Bangkok bombing, carrying a backpack. Police described the man as a “suspect”.
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He sits down and places the backpack underneath a bench, then walks away from the shrine clutching a blue plastic bag while reading what appears to be a smartphone.
Prawut’s office released a breakdown of nationalities caught up in the blast that showed two Chinese, two Hong Kongers, two Malaysians, one Singaporean, an Indonesian and five Thais were confirmed killed.
Investigations continue at the Erawan Shrine the morning after an explosion in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, August 18, 2015.
“It was like a meat market”, said Marko Cunningham, a paramedic working with a Bangkok ambulance service, who said the blast had left a 6-foot-wide crater.
Jose said the Filipina requested that her identity and other personal details not be revealed.
On Thai TV broadcasts the speech ended with a still photo of the national flag and the slogan “Our home, our country, together, stronger”.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has branded the bomb attack “the worst incident that has ever happened in Thailand” and promised to track down those responsible.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack that occurred during the Monday evening rush hour.
“Even if they (Red Shirts) are hell-bent on bringing down the government I just can’t see them targeting a Hindu or any other religious shrine”, Zachary Abuza, an independent expert on Thai security, told AFP.
Thailand’s Islamist insurgents are also not known to target foreigners and have also largely kept their violent attacks to the three Muslim-majority provinces in the country’s south neighboring Malaysia.
Mubin Shaikh, a terror analyst who closely follows Islamic extremists on social media, said there has been no Internet messages that suggest the bombing was the work of such jihadists.
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Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said: ‘The loss of life and injury in Bangkok is horrific and I condemn this callous act of violence against completely innocent and unsuspecting members of the public. “We need more evidence before we can make any conclusions”, Somyat told a news conference, adding that police were studying more than 10 days’ worth of video footage from the area, CNN said.
