Foreignsuspect sought in Bangkok bombing
 Take away the hairdo (a wig?) and the prop glasses and you're left with a non-descript Asian male face. Using the note says that he either spoke not a word of Thai or English, or that he wanted the hack driver to think that. The note adds emphasis to the suggestion. English is pretty widely understood in Thailand. Most people understand at least a few words. If he's a foreigner he had to arrive in the country, which would imply a handler ready and waiting for him at the airport, which is possible, or that he drove up, parked his car and took the samlor to do his dirty deed. The pipe bomb was assembled from local parts, meaning it was built in-country. The beard suggests our favorite religion of peace. The phone conversation could have been in Malay or Burmese or Gibberish to push the "foreigner" identity. My opinion (worth every cent you paid for it): He's too ostentatiously "foreign." He's actually a Thai male who doesn't wear glasses. |
Police think the suspect probably had accomplices. Surveillance video footage indicates that at least two others may have helped the chief suspect in the attack that killed 20 people and injured more than 120 on Monday evening.
Security forces are searching for the man seen on the video putting a backpack under a bench in the shrine and then walking away before the blast went off. Beyond the yellow T-shirt and dark-framed glasses he was wearing, little is known about him so far.
Investigators say they think the device was assembled in Thailand because many parts, including the pipe, were made in the country. Security and intelligence analyst Bob Baer said it was rare for a pipe bomb to kill so many people and cause so much damage. He said, "It would be a very sophisticated pipe bomb."
Police spokesman Prawut said another blast near a river pier in Bangkok on Tuesday was caused by a similar device. That blast went off in the water and caused no casualties, but it was still "quite big," he said.
Asked if there was any information on a possible motive, police spokesman Prawut said earlier this week it was too soon to reach any conclusions.