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Thailand bombing suspect traveled to Bangladesh: Police
A Buddhist monk walks as he collects alms in the early morning while few meters away, a foreign suspect in the Aug
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span class="inline inline-center">A Buddhist monk walks as he collects alms in the early morning while few meters away, a foreign suspect in the Aug. 17 Erawan shrine bombing, identified by the ruling junta as Yusufu Mieraili (not pictured), takes part in a reenactment with police officers outside the Central World department store, near the Erawan shrine in Bangkok Wednesday. (AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)
A key suspect wanted over the bombing of a Bangkok shrine that left 20 people dead flew to Dhaka a day before the blast before traveling on to China, Bangladesh police said Thursday.
"We got a message from Thai police that Bangkok blast suspect Abudureheman Abdusataer, also known as Izan, came to Bangladesh. He was traveling on a Chinese passport," national police spokesman Nazrul Islam told AFP.
"We verified the message and found that he came to Dhaka on the Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight No. BG0089 and flew out to Beijing on Aug. 30 on a Jet Airways flight," he said.
Police refused to give further details about where the man stayed in the capital after arriving on Aug. 16 and who he met with during his two-week stay.
Thai local media reports have focused in recent days on a suspected bomb mastermind known as "Izan" or "Ishan", saying he commissioned and guided the attack but left the country a day before it was carried out.
Thai police confirmed Thursday that the man was a suspect but played down his status, however.
"Do not conclude Ishan was a big fish," Thai police chief Somyot Poompanmoung said. "You might be surprised."
Mystery still surrounds the motive of the group accused of being behind the Aug. 17 bombing that left 20 people dead in the heart of Bangkok and rocked Thailand's tourist industry.
