BANGKOK: Thai police released a
sketch on Wednesday of the main suspect in a deadly bomb blast in Bangkok that
killed at least 20 people, more than half of them foreigners.
The sketch shows a fair-skinned man
with thick, medium-length black hair, a wispy beard and black glasses. It was
unclear whether the man was Thai or a foreigner.
On Tuesday, a day after the bombing
at a religious shrine in Bangkok’s busy Ratchaprasong commercial district,
police released grainy closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of a young man
wearing a yellow t-shirt.
The man is shown in CCTV footage
dumping a backpack and walking away from the scene of the blast minutes before
the explosion.
Police have said the man is a
suspect but that others could be behind the attack. They have not ruled out any
group, including elements opposed to the military government, though they said
it did not match the tactics of Muslim insurgents in the south or ‘red shirt’
supporters of the previous administration.
The sketch, say police, could help
locate the yellow-shirted man seen in the CCTV footage. A one million baht
($28,000) reward has been offered to anyone who can give police information
leading to his arrest.
Police also said they would take the
sketch to a court and ask that an arrest warrant be issued for a man matching
the description.
“We think the investigation team
will ask for the arrest warrant tonight,” said police spokesman Prawut
Thawornsiri.
Police chief Somyot Pumpanmuang told
a news conference that it was not clear how many people were involved in the
attack or if they were still in the country.
At the same news conference,
spokesman Prawut said “two to three” people had been questioned by police since
the attack.
By Reuters
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