“Thailand’s junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has said authorities are hunting for a “suspect” seen on CCTV footage near the scene of a bombing that claimed at least 22 lives in Bangkok and wounded scores more.
“The junta chief added that the suspect was believed to be from an “anti-government group based in Thailand’s north-east” — the heartland of the kingdom’s anti-coup Red Shirt movement.
“General Prayuth, who is also the Thai prime minister, said the bombing, at a religious shrine popular with tourists, was the country’s “worst ever attack”.
“Eight of the 22 victims in the bombing were from countries including China, Hong Kong Singapore and Malaysia, but no Australians were reportedly among the dead.”
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