THAILAND-BLAST/POLICE NEWSER Thai police says Bangkok bombers are a network involving more than 10 Thai and foreigners

Record ID: 140644

  • Title: THAILAND-BLAST/POLICE NEWSER Thai police says Bangkok bombers are a network involving more than 10 Thai and foreigners
  • Date: 31st August 2015
  • Summary: BANGKOK, THAILAND (AUGUST 31, 2015) (REUTERS) POLICE CHIEF SOMYOT POOMPANMUANG WALKING INTO NEWS CONFERENCE VENUE (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) POLICE CHIEF SOMYOT POOMPANMUANG SAYING: "There are more than 10 people, or at least 10 people. There are Thais as well as foreigners. It is impossible not to have Thai people supporting or involved in it (the attack)." SOMYOT TALKING AT PODIUM / MEDIA LISTENING MEDIA LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) POLICE CHIEF SOMYOT POOMPANMUANG SAYING: "First, there is the issue of the route in and out of Thailand. Second, the preparation of accommodations. Third, the route of escape. Fourth, the process of the bomb and components. Foreigners alone cannot do all of this. There must be Thai people supporting them and involved (in the process)." MEDIA LISTENING EXTERIOR OF POLICE HEADQUARTERS
  • Embargoed: 15th September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Thailand
  • Country: Thailand
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVACE02DE69DKIIOTGQTEO898CPR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Thai police chief Somyot Poompanmuang said on Monday (August 31) the Bangkok blast network has at least 10 people, including both Thai and foreigners.
    Police probing Thailand's deadliest bombing raided a second location and widened their search for more suspects on Sunday (August 30) after a foreigner was arrested and stacks of fake passports and bomb-making materials were found at a Bangkok apartment block.
    Authorities said police were monitoring about 1,000 mobile phone numbers and checking photographs used in around 200 seized passports to track down members of an unspecified group they believe orchestrated the Aug. 17 attack on a shrine in Bangkok. The bombing killed 20 people and stunned Thailand.
    "There are more than 10 people, or at least 10 people. There are Thais as well as foreigners. It is impossible not to have Thai people supporting or involved in it (the attack)," said police chief Somyot Poompanmuang.
    "First, there is the issue of the route in and out of Thailand. Second, the preparation of accommodations. Third, the route of escape. Fourth, the process of the bomb and components. Foreigners alone cannot do all of this. There must be Thai people supporting them and involved (in the process)," said Somyot.
    On Monday, police issued another two arrest warrants of a female suspect who rented the apartment, Wanna Suansan, and another male suspect with unknown nationality who lived in the room.
    Police arrested an unidentified foreign man in a high-profile raid on Saturday (August 29) at a building in nearby Nong Chok, where they discovered explosives and piles of fake passports.
    Fourteen foreigners, seven from mainland China and Hong Kong, were among those killed in a blast the ruling junta said was intended to cripple an already flagging Thai economy.
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