‘At least 10 people’ involved in deadly bomb attack on Bangkok shrine

At least 10 people were involved in the Bangkok bomb attack that killed 20 people, Thailand’s police chief has said. Their attack was planned at least one month in advance, he added, as the military also ruled out any foreign involvement in Monday’s attack. "It is a big network. There was preparation using many people,“ police chief Somyot Poompanmuang said. "This includes those who looked out on the streets, prepared the bomb, and those at the site and… those who knew the escape route. There must have been at least 10 people involved.”

Security agencies have cooperated with agencies from allied countries and have come to the preliminary conclusion that the incident is unlikely to be linked to international terrorism.

Colonel Winthai Suvaree, a spokesman for the country’s ruling junta.

Police had already said they were looking for three suspects, including a young man in a yellow T-shirt seen on CCTV  apparently planting the bomb at the city’s Erawan Shrine. That man could be a foreigner, according to authorities, who released a sketch of the suspect. Thailand’s military leadership has declared the attack was unlikely to be the work of foreign militants and that it was not targeted at China, despite the shrine being popular with Chinese tourists. Eleven foreigners were among the dead, including six from mainland China and Hong Kong. No-one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

She cannot accept the truth. She has been crying nonstop since yesterday and asking why heaven is so cruel to the family when they have been so good to people.

Friend of Tan Kim Kee, who lost four members of her family in the attack

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