Thai Police Arrest Suspect Over Bangkok Bombing
Police
in Bangkok say they have arrested one of the suspects in the bombing
that killed 20 people earlier this month.
He
was found after Police raided an apartment in a
northern suburb of the capital on Saturday afternoon and discovered
possible bomb-making materials that could have been used in the August
17 attack in Bangkok's bustling commercial heart.
Police
would not confirmed where the suspect was from, but said he was a
foreign national and would be charged initially with possession of
illegal explosive materials and held at a military facility.
After
the August 17 blast, police had released
a sketch of the man seen on security camera footage
leaving
a rucksack on a bench and walking away.
Another
camera had shown the suspect wearing a yellow T-shirt on the back of
a motorbike taxi leaving the scene.
The
blast happened at 7pm near the Erawan Hindu shrine in the downtown
Chidlom district, a shopping hub popular among tourists.
The
bomb tore through the crowded Erawan Shrine, one of the country's top
tourist attractions and close to high-end hotels and malls, killing
20 people and wounding scores more.
Among
the dead were 14 foreigners, including seven from mainland China and
Hong Kong, in an attack the military government said was intended to
be a strike at Thailand's troubled economy.
Many
of those killed were tourists, including people from China or Hong
Kong. They also included Vivian Chan, 19, a British law student who
was a Hong Kong resident. At least 117 people were wounded, some of
whom lost limbs.
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