Press Trust of India
Bangkok, August 21: Thailand today said it has made “a lot of progress” in its probe into the blast in the Brahma temple here and suspected that the bomber had a number of “accomplices” in the country’s worst attack that had killed 20 people. With no arrests so far, Thai authorities tripled the award for information leading to the arrest of the lone bomber to 3 million baht (USD 85,000). Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said he had received offers of assistance from the US Embassy here and had assigned his deputy “to cooperate on borrowing equipment that includes facial-recognition technology.”
Amid tight security, religious prayers, known as merit-making rites, were held this morning at the Erawan Brahma temple in the memory of the twenty people killed on Monday. Speaking after the memorial, national police chief Somyot Poompanmoung said the bomb was an attempt to create fear and uncertainty in the capital. “The aim is to discredit the government,” Somyot told reporters.
