Thailand is close to determining who detonated a bomb at a popular shrine in Bangkok that killed 22 people and injured 123, the country’s defence minister has said.
“It is much clearer who the bombers are, but I can’t reveal right now,” Prawit Wongsuwan said on Tuesday. “We have suspects. There are not many people.”
Thai authorities later said they were hunting a “suspect” who had been caught on security cameras near the scene of the blast.
Prime minister Prayut Chan-ocha said the suspect was believed to belong to an “anti-government group based in Thailand’s northeast”. The region is a major powerbase for the anti-coup “red shirt” movement.
However, in a statement, Thailand’s ministry of foreign affairs said: “For the time being, it is too early to determine the possible motives or who the perpetrators may be.”