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Detained suspect in Rangnam Road bombing denies involvement
BANGKOK, Aug 4 - The detained suspect in the capital's Rangnam Road bombing on Wednesday denied his involvement in the attack but police have linked him to several other bombings, while the Criminal Court approved an arrest warrant for yet another suspect.
The suspect, identified as Sorathian Singkanya, 23, a native of northeastern province of Nong Khai, was arrested at his home in the Bang Sue area in Bangkok for placing a bomb on Rangnam Road, near the King Power duty-free shopping complex on July 30.
A garbage scavenger was critically wounded in an explosion and remains unconscious and in critical condition.
Mr Sorathian admitted that he had joined the anti-government 'Red Shirt' United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protesters at Din Daeng intersection on May 17 and came to know Mr Suwit also known as Bungwai [surname unknown] who persuaded him to learn how to place bombs and how to place bombs in containers fill with fuel at the UDD tent in the Lumpini area.
He said that on May 19 he was on the way to join the protest and saw a checkpoint and fearing being searched and detained, he then fled the scene but left a bag containing five giant firecrackers, two sets of materials looking like home-made bombs and one M 82-2 grenade.
Mr Sorathian said that all things in the bag belonged to Mr Suwit and he had no idea where Mr Suwit planned to use those explosive devices. He insisted that he was not involved in the bombing at Rangnam.
Metropolitan Police Division 1 commander Pol Maj-Gen Wichai Sangprapai said besides the explosive devices, police also found an army conscript identification card bearing Mr Sorathian's name at his home.
The adapted bomb he left on May 19 was also the same kind as the grenade used in the Rangnam Road incident, said Gen Wichai, adding that the explosive was also the same type as bomb found near the home of Election Commission chairman Apichart Sukhagghanond on May 9.
Meanwhile, the court issued an arrest warrant for Mr Suwit for illegal posession of the bombs, carrying firearms and violating emergency decree.
In a related development, the court also issued arrest warrants for two suspects in bombing at a bus stop in front of the Big C department store -- Kittisak or Uan Soonsri and Seksan Worapiticharoenkul -- the court ordered the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to seek more evidence for the third suspect -- Thanadej or Kai Akeapiwat -- prior to issuing a warrant.
One suspect in the bombing at Big C department store was reportedly arrested and is now being questioned at DSI headquarters.
One person was killed while another ten were injured in a bombing at a bus shelter near the now-closed Big C department store on Ratchadamri Road July 25, the first major violence in the Thai capital after the anti-government Red Shirt movement ended their six-week long rally at Ratchaprasong intersection on May 19. (MCOT online news)
The suspect, identified as Sorathian Singkanya, 23, a native of northeastern province of Nong Khai, was arrested at his home in the Bang Sue area in Bangkok for placing a bomb on Rangnam Road, near the King Power duty-free shopping complex on July 30.
A garbage scavenger was critically wounded in an explosion and remains unconscious and in critical condition.
Mr Sorathian admitted that he had joined the anti-government 'Red Shirt' United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protesters at Din Daeng intersection on May 17 and came to know Mr Suwit also known as Bungwai [surname unknown] who persuaded him to learn how to place bombs and how to place bombs in containers fill with fuel at the UDD tent in the Lumpini area.
He said that on May 19 he was on the way to join the protest and saw a checkpoint and fearing being searched and detained, he then fled the scene but left a bag containing five giant firecrackers, two sets of materials looking like home-made bombs and one M 82-2 grenade.
Mr Sorathian said that all things in the bag belonged to Mr Suwit and he had no idea where Mr Suwit planned to use those explosive devices. He insisted that he was not involved in the bombing at Rangnam.
Metropolitan Police Division 1 commander Pol Maj-Gen Wichai Sangprapai said besides the explosive devices, police also found an army conscript identification card bearing Mr Sorathian's name at his home.
The adapted bomb he left on May 19 was also the same kind as the grenade used in the Rangnam Road incident, said Gen Wichai, adding that the explosive was also the same type as bomb found near the home of Election Commission chairman Apichart Sukhagghanond on May 9.
Meanwhile, the court issued an arrest warrant for Mr Suwit for illegal posession of the bombs, carrying firearms and violating emergency decree.
In a related development, the court also issued arrest warrants for two suspects in bombing at a bus stop in front of the Big C department store -- Kittisak or Uan Soonsri and Seksan Worapiticharoenkul -- the court ordered the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to seek more evidence for the third suspect -- Thanadej or Kai Akeapiwat -- prior to issuing a warrant.
One suspect in the bombing at Big C department store was reportedly arrested and is now being questioned at DSI headquarters.
One person was killed while another ten were injured in a bombing at a bus shelter near the now-closed Big C department store on Ratchadamri Road July 25, the first major violence in the Thai capital after the anti-government Red Shirt movement ended their six-week long rally at Ratchaprasong intersection on May 19. (MCOT online news)
