BANGKOK, Aug 29 – Bangkok Police said they have arrested a man in connection with a bomb that killed 20 people in Bangkok Erawan Shrine, Thailand nearly two weeks ago. A police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said that the man was a foreigner and he was arrested in Nong Jok on the outskirts of Bangkok. He added that the bomb-making materials were found at the apartment along with 10 passports.
The bomb tore through the crowded Erawan Shrine on 17 August which are injuring more than 100 people while mostly are tourists. Thavornsiri in a televised statement said police had founded the bomb making materials at the apartment such as detonators and a metal pipe with lids. He said the 28-year-old man is not believed to have been the bomber but is suspected of involvement in the attack.
