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Bangkok Blast: Warrants out for 8 suspects so far
Thai police escort a suspect (C) after he was arrested in the Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province on the Thai side of the Cambodian border on Tuesday in connection with a bomb attack in Bangkok on August 17
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Thai police escort a suspect (C) after he was arrested in the Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province on the Thai side of the Cambodian border on Tuesday in connection with a bomb attack in Bangkok on August 17. (AFP) (C) after he was arrested in the Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province on the Thai side of the Cambodian border on Tuesday in connection with a bomb attack in Bangkok on August 17. (AFP)
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The eighth arrest warrant was issued by a court yesterday in relation to the Erawan Shrine and Sathon Pier bomb attacks, while two suspects are under under military custody.
The suspect was identified as Emrah Davuloglu, the husband of a Thai woman who is also facing arrest.
The first seven suspects included a Thai national and six foreigners, whose nationality has not been identified.
The first warrant was issued on August 19 for the yellow-shirted foreigner, who had been seen on closed-circuit TV cameras placing the bomb at the Erawan Shrine.
The charges were of intentionally killing people, trying to kill people, causing an explosion that killed and injured people, damaging other property, illegally possessing an explosive device and carrying a weapon in public without reasonable purpose.
The second warrant was issued on August 27 for the arrest of a foreigner in a blue shirt, who was alleged to be the bomber at Sathon Pier, as seen on closed-circuit TV camera evidence.
He was accused of possessing and using an explosive device without permission, causing the explosion which might have harmed others, and trying intentionally to kill other people.
The third and fourth warrants were issued on August 31 against Wanna Suansan, accused of possessing an explosive device unlawfully. Facing a similar warrant with the same allegations was a male foreigner as seen in a police sketch.
On Tuesday, the fifth, sixth and seventh warrants were issued. Two were for Turkish nationals, named as Ali Jolan and Ahmet Bosonglan, and the other for a man of unidentified nationality.
The police disclosed that they found the connection of the third to eighth suspects to the bomb plot from the investigation at Poon Anand Apartments in Nong Chok district, where the first suspect was captured.
Two suspects have been captured so far. The first was Adem Karadag and the second a male foreigner arrested at in Sa Kaew province.
Both are now in military custody. (++++)
