Authorities on Tuesday released images of a man they believe is the bomber wearing a yellow T-shirt recorded on surveillance video leaving a backpack under a bench just before Monday’s explosion.
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The sketch released Wednesday showed a young man in eyeglasses with bushy, dark hair that is cropped at the sides. I think the usual suspects have been talked about for the last 48 hours, the Red Shirts and the insurgency down south, are not really going to take the centre stage in this investigation.
Police officials at the shrine said that the Brahmin statue worshipped at the site had only suffered “minor damage”. “I am confident that there are Thais involved but I am not saying it is just Thais or that there are foreigners”.
“They may be doing it for a political motive or to undermine the economy or tourism or for other reasons”, he said, according to the Bangkok Post.
On Tuesday, Bangkok was rattled by a second blast at a popular ferry pier, which caused no injuries.
A scereengrab of the suspect wanted in connection with a bomb blast at a popular shrine in Bangkok, Thailand which killed 22 people.
In an interview with Australian television program Sunrise, Mr Burns said that he “almost had a panic attack” when he saw his picture being compared with the bombing suspect.
For foreign nationals residing in Thailand, including embassies, consulates and worldwide organizations, Prayut pledged to safeguard the security of their life, property, and interests.
Lt Gen Prawut said an arrest warrant for the unidentified suspect would be issued soon, adding: “Hopefully he is still in Thailand“.
They are studying more than 10 days’ worth of closed-circuit TV footage from the scene.
No-one has yet said they carried out the attack.
“Every year I come down to this shrine, we were meant to be here around 6:50-7 p.m. but the taxi didn’t arrive from the hotel… so we went somewhere else”, he told AFP. No group has claimed responsibility for the strike.
On Tuesday morning Thai police reportedly told Associated Press that the man pictured “is the bomber”.
The explosive device was thrown from the Sathorn bridge near a parking lot, bounced into the water and exploded there. Although Thailand is predominantly Buddhist, it has enormous Hindu influence on its religious practices and language.
Thai authorities identified six victims as Thai and four Malaysians, along with four Chinese, two people from Hong Kong, one Indonesian and one Singaporean.
Professor Peter Crisp, Dean of the Law School at BPP University in London, said that colleagues and students had been “devastated to hear of the loss of one of our students”. The authorities are still waiting for lab-test results before confirming the type of bomb that was used to stage the attack.
MATTHEW CARNEY: Well, look, it’s big, and as I said, you see more check points. He said he remembers a long chin and white pale face very well, however.
The Thai government has offered financial compensation to the wounded and the families of the dead, both Thais and foreigners. He said there was no indication any Americans were among the casualties.
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Buddhist monks walk at the Erawan Shrine, the site of the explosion, at Rajprasong intersection in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, August 19, 2015.
