The shrine is dedicated to the Hindu god Brahma, but it is also popular with Buddhists and attracts many visitors from east Asia, as well as local Thais. An elevated walkway can be seen ahead, which could be the location from where a previous amateur video captured the blast.
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The Associated Press reports that police released security video of a man wearing a yellow shirt and who they say placed the device in a bustling area of town.
A Bangkok shrine where a bombing killed at least 22 people has reopened to the public, as Thai authorities continued searching for a man they view as the prime suspect and mull possible motives for the attack.
He added that there must be some Thai nationals involved, and they are not 100 percent certain that the man in the video is a foreigner and he could have been in disguise.
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. “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.
Lt Gen Prawut said an arrest warrant for the unidentified suspect would be issued soon, adding: “Hopefully he is still in Thailand“.
“His life is being fatally jeopardised by those who had hired him and might be looking to silence him”, Prayut said. Police spokesperson Prawut Thawornsiri claimed the suspect could be of “mixed origin”.
Grainy CCTV footage was released yesterday, showing a young man dumping a backpack at the scene and walking away.
Professor Peter Crisp, Dean of Law School at BPP University in London, said: “Everyone at BPP University is devastated to hear of the loss of one of our students, Vivian Chan Wing Yan, in Bangkok yesterday”.
The suspect in the Bangkok bombing.
Two other people seen on the video near the man are also considered suspects in Monday’s deadly bombing, police said.
He is “the prime target whom we must capture” and authorities “will find legal means to ensure his safety”, the Prime Minister said.
“So many bad things happen in this intersection but I believe Erawan shrine will protect everybody to get through this”.
Thai authorities identified six victims as Thai and four as Malaysians, along with four Chinese, two people from Hong Kong including one British citizen, one Indonesian and one Singaporean.
The Erawan Hindu shrine reopened in Bangkok on Wednesday following Monday’s bomb attack on the popular tourist destination.
On Wednesday, Somyot said the second attack might also be a “copycat” although police were keeping all options open.
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Twisted iron railings were the only immediate sign of the blast point, which police believe was caused by a bomb made up of three kilograms of high explosives.
