BANGKOK — Thai police said yesterday that they are looking for a 10th suspect in last month’s bombing of a landmark in central Bangkok that killed 20 people.
Authorities will seek an arrest warrant soon for a man who shared an apartment with a suspect who was arrested a week ago when a police raid found bomb-making materials in his room, said national police spokesman Lt. Gen. Prawut Thavornsiri, adding that the man’s nationality was unknown.
The arrested man, whom Thai authorities have identified as Adem Karadak, was brought to court yesterday to obtain permission for his detention to be extended. He is facing a main charge of illegally possessing explosives. When he was arrested, police found a fake Turkish passport in his apartment carrying the name Adam Karadag, but now call him Adem Karadak.
Another man was arrested near the border with Cambodia. Neither of the arrested men’s nationalities has been confirmed.
Arrest warrants have been issued for seven other suspects in the Aug. 17 attack at Bangkok’s popular Erawan Shrine, which also injured more than 120 people. Thai authorities say that at least two of the suspects are believed to be Turkish.
Prawut said that the sketch of the new suspect had been completed.
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