Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha vowed to bring the culprit who he condemned as a bad guy responsible for the bomb explosion at Ratchaprasong commercial district for punishment as soon as possible.
He made the statement as security authorities have gained substantial evidence that included video footages that clearly showed the bomb suspect, looked alike an Arabian coming at the scene by a tuk tuk and hanged a shoulder bag at the fence near the Erawan shrine.
He acted as if he would take photographs at the shrine but left the shoulder bag on the fence and left.
After the cabinet meeting today, the prime minister however he did not say exactly the people who were responsible indicating it could be either local political conflict or international terrorism.
But he made clear that the person who did it was a bad guy who didn’t care about the lives of innocent people.
He asked the people not to panic but said the explosion would serve as a lesson for the government to come out with a new method to resolve the problem.
He urged for cooperation not to share unconfirmed reports on the social network as it could hurt the country’s economy and tourism.
He admitted that the explosion this time was the most serious and violent saying that in the violent cases, they intended to disturb peace and order of the country.
But this time, it intended only on lives of the people, he said.
Meanwhile Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan said security officials had initial information of the bomb suspect but declined to elaborate.
He was chairing a meeting of all security officials to assess the latest finding at the First Infantry Regiment to hunt down the suspect who was still in the country.
All airports in the country were placed on alert with security checks stepped up for those entering and leaving the country
Total deaths from the deadly explosion were 21, comprising 10 men, nine women and two children