Young man in yellow T-shirt and shorts who appeared on CCTV footage taking off bag shortly before explosion is ‘not just the suspect’, says police spokesman
The security camera footage, which was broadcast on Thai media, shows a young man in a yellow T-shirt and shorts sitting on a bench and taking off a large, black backpack. He then stands up and walks away before checking his phone.
“The yellow-shirt guy is not just the suspect. He is the bomber,” Lt Gen Prawut Thavornsiri, a police spokesman, told the Associated Press.
Footage from another angle shows the man without the black bag walking away from the area where the bomb exploded. It is timestamped 6.40pm, minutes before the blast at the Erawan shrine.
The national police chief, Somyot Poompanmoung, said the suspect, who was thin with dark black hair and wearing wristbands on both arms, could be Thai or a foreigner. “We need to look at the before-and-after CCTV footage to see if there is a link,” Somyot told reporters on Tuesday.
In the early evening on Tuesday, a small explosive device appeared to have been thrown towards a pier from the Taksin bridge in the Thai capital, heightening concerns about continuing strikes on the capital.
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. No link has been made to Monday’s attack and no one was hurt.
No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Erawan shrine, a major attraction for both Hindus and Buddhists from Thailand and around Asia, especially China. The explosion, the most deadly in Thailand’s recent history, tore through the shrine, killing men on motorbikes in the street and passersby.
A massive security breach, metres from luxury malls and five-star hotels in the heart of the capital, poses a major challenge to the military junta that seized power in May last year. The government has promised to bring security and stability after months of violent political turmoil.
The prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, told media the attack was “the worst incident that has ever happened in Thailand”.
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. No link has been made to Monday’s attack and no one was hurt.
No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Erawan shrine, a major attraction for both Hindus and Buddhists from Thailand and around Asia, especially China. The explosion, the most deadly in Thailand’s recent history, tore through the shrine, killing men on motorbikes in the street and passersby.
A massive security breach, metres from luxury malls and five-star hotels in the heart of the capital, poses a major challenge to the military junta that seized power in May last year. The government has promised to bring security and stability after months of violent political turmoil.
The prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, told media the attack was “the worst incident that has ever happened in Thailand”.
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