by Coco Jiang and Biodun Iginla, BBC News, Bangkok
6 minutes ago
The attack on the Erawan Shrine in central Bangkok on Monday evening killed 20 people and injured scores.
Police are searching for three suspects.
An arrest warrant has been issued for one unidentified man seen on CCTV footage leaving a backpack at the shrine shortly before the blast.
The Hindu shrine is popular with Buddhist, and Chinese tourists, but the spokesman said authorities did not believe Chinese people had been the "direct target" of the attack.
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6 minutes ago
Monday's
bombing in Thailand was "unlikely" to have been the work of an
international terror group, the Thai government has said.
Col
Winthai Suvaree, a spokesman for the ruling military junta, said this
was the preliminary conclusion reached by investigators.The attack on the Erawan Shrine in central Bangkok on Monday evening killed 20 people and injured scores.
Police are searching for three suspects.
An arrest warrant has been issued for one unidentified man seen on CCTV footage leaving a backpack at the shrine shortly before the blast.
The Hindu shrine is popular with Buddhist, and Chinese tourists, but the spokesman said authorities did not believe Chinese people had been the "direct target" of the attack.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts.
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