THAILAND-BLAST/SUSPECT STILLS Police release new photo of Bangkok blast suspect, urging tuk-tuk driver to testify

Record ID: 143211

  • Title: THAILAND-BLAST/SUSPECT STILLS Police release new photo of Bangkok blast suspect, urging tuk-tuk driver to testify
  • Date: 20th August 2015
  • Summary: BANGKOK, THAILAND (AUGUST 20, 2015) (REUTERS) PEOPLE PRAYING AT ERAWAN SHRINE WOMAN PUTTING GOLD PAPER ON FENCE VARIOUS OF MAN SITTING ON POLE FIXING CLOSED CIRCUIT CAMERA MORE OF PEOPLE PRAYING INSIDE SHRINE
  • Embargoed: 4th September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Thailand
  • Country: Thailand
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA4UDBVKYYBVEOSLQKOYJB91A84
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Thai police on Thursday (August 20) released still photos of a tuk tuk who they believe a bomber suspect were seen sitting on before the blast, as they urges the driver to turn in and testify.
    One of the still photographs show a person wearing yellow T-shirt sitting on it.
    The vehicle arrived at Erawan Shrine but then turned around when the passenger told the driver to drive away as a policeman walking passed, local media reported.
    Later the car returned and drop the man off in front of a hotel nearby, said Thai media.
    Police said on Wednesday a young man who was caught on grainy security camera footage planting the backpack bomb was believed to be European or Middle Eastern.
    On Thursday, authorities said the man in a yellow shirt and shorts, with thick, dark hair and a wispy beard and glasses might actually have been Thai and disguised to look foreign.
    Police has urged the tuk tuk driver to come to police to testify as he might be holding important information that could lead to identifying the Bangkok blast suspect.
    Police said they believed at least 10 plotters were involved.
    International terrorists were not suspected of a bomb attack in Bangkok this week that killed 20 people and China was not the target, Thai authorities said on Thursday.
    There has been no claim of responsibility for the Monday (August 17) evening attack on a famous shrine crowded with tourists, which the government has said was designed to wreck the economy.
    Authorities have not blamed any group for carrying out Thailand's worst bombing.
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