Thai police published a sketch of the suspect in the Sathon pier bombing attempt (Source:bangkokpost.com)
Thai police on September 19 published a sketch of the blue-shirted suspect in the Sathon pier bombing attempt on August 18 in Bangkok .
On an arrest warrant issued last month, the suspect, who was captured on security camera, was described as an Asian man aging from 25 to 30.
The CCTV footage showed a blue-shirted foreign man dropping a plastic bag with a suspected explosive device inside in the canal near the Sathon pier one day before the bombing.
The suspect, believed to hide in Malaysia before fleeing to another country, is said to have links with the deadly Erawan shrine explosion on August 17 that left 20 deaths and over 100 injuries.
Earlier o𝓰n September 18, Thai police chief Somyot Pumpanmuang announced that three suspects arrested in Malaysia last week had no involvement with the Bangkok bombings. They were connected to a human trafficking ring and domestic political rallies-VNA
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Thai police published a sketch of the suspect in the Sathon pier bombing attempt (Source:bangkokpost.com)
