Thai police hunt for accomplices of suspected Bangkok bomber

Thai authorities have said they were looking for accomplices of the chief suspect for the Bangkok shrine bomb blast that killed 22 people, a man who was captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) dumping a backpack and walking away. The government said Monday evening’s attack at the popular Erawan shrine in the heart of Bangkok was aimed at wrecking the economy, which depends heavily on tourism.

We suspect he is the bomber. We are also looking for other suspects in connection with the blast.

National police spokesman Prawut Thawornsiri said.

No one has claimed responsibility for the blast, which killed 22 people - nearly half of them foreigners from several Asian countries - and wounded more than 120. Jangling nerves in the city on Tuesday, a small explosive was thrown from a bridge towards a river pier, sending a plume of water into the air, but no one was hurt. A spokesman for the government, Werachon Sukhontapatipak, said there were “patterns” linking the two bombs in that both used TNT but no direct connection had been established as yet.

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