A man in a yellow T-shirt, carrying a backpack as seen in a surveillance video has been identified as the bomber by officials.
Advertisement
Police released several photos of the man, with and without the backpack, as well as a detailed sketch, and asked the public to provide information about him.
The statue of the god Brahma-the creating deity in Hinduism-suffered only minor damage. Buddhist monks in saffron robes joined the public to chant prayers.
No one has claimed responsibility for the blast, which wounded more than 120.
Office worker Nuansupha Sarunsikarin said: “I’m depressed for those innocent people“.
The CCTV footage shows a young man in a yellow T-shirt and shorts on a bench and taking off a large, black backpack.
“They want to destroy our economy, our tourism”.
Police revealed late Tuesday that they had narrowed their search to a suspect seen on closed-circuit footage before the blast. He says “they work as a network, know how to escape”.
On Tuesday, a second bomb detonated in the Thai capital, although there were no reports of injuries.
Yesterday, when the South China Morning Post visited the streets near the blast site in downtown Bangkok, the police presence was heavier than usual because of a bomb hoax.
Security camera footage showed people on a walkway at the Sathorn pier being showered with water after the object fell into the Chao Phraya river.
The site is popular among Buddhists as well as Hindu and Sikh members of Thailand’s Indian community. Nine foreigners were killed in the attack, which was described by authorities as the “worst” in Thai history. Violence has been used by Thai political groups, but a large-scale bombing is unheard of.
At least 20 people were killed in Monday’s blast in the heart of the Thai capital.
At the same time, the military government has tightly controlled dissent, arresting hundreds of its opponents and banning protests. Three minutes later, the explosion took place.
He also confirmed that there was a Vietnamese national injured in the incident, and the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand has visited and provided assistance to the citizen. He also said that the man did not act alone. “I’ve never come across any [Uygur], but it’s hard to tell just by appearance”, shoe shopkeeper Sue, a hijab-wearing Thai woman in her 30s, said.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha urged the “amateur” culprit to surrender to the police, warning he could otherwise be killed.
The police chief also told reporters: “I don’t suspect one person, I suspect many people”.
Advertisement
“The government guarantees through the best efforts, the safety of lives and assets, and the well being of foreigners living in Thailand, including those at embassies, counsellors, and other global organisations”, he said.
