A suspected Following a tip-off that two bombing suspects were hiding in a house, a 100-man joint police and military force surrounded the ten-house compound at 1 a.m. and raided it before running into the pair and having a brief gun battle. They later found the body of Tuwaemarawyee Tuansulong. He had been wanted on five arrest warrants.
The other suspect managed to flee. Officers also took four people in the area into custody for further questioning on whether they were involved in the blast on Friday.
The bomb attack on a team of Ra Ngae police took place as they were returning to their base in a truck from a Ban Khao Kaew School teacher protection mission. The bomb killed Police Lance Corporal Worawuth Worajaruth, 25, Police Sergeant Manachai Pipitthong, 30, and Police Lance Corporal Khomsan Wongwatcharabut, 24.