Thai police on Wednesday
offered a reward of 1 million baht (28,100 U.S. dollars) for any information
leading to the capture of a suspect of Monday explosion in Bangkok.
Thai authorities say the explosion killed no
fewer than 20 people and wounded more than 100 others.
The police released a sketch of the suspected
perpetrator who was seen on a surveillance camera at the scene.
Camera footage showed that the suspect is a
foreign-looking, young man, who was wearing a yellow T-shirt and glasses.
He had left a backpack purportedly with some
dynamite inside at Erawan Shrine, a popular tourist destination in downtown
Bangkok, shortly before the explosion.
The shrine reopened Wednesday morning amid
heightened security, but far fewer tourists visited it than before.
Thai Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-Cha, urged
the `amateur’ culprit to surrender himself to the police, warning he could
otherwise be killed.
``The bombing suspect could probably be killed
if he did not surrender for his own safety.
``His life is being fatally jeopardised by
those who had hired him and might be looking to silence him," Prayut said.
Meanwhile, police chief, Somyot Poompanmoung,
believed that the bombing was carried out by `a network.’
Chinese Embassy in
Bangkok said on Wednesday that six Chinese nationals, including four from the
mainland and two from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, have killed
in the blast. (Xinhua/NAN)
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