A day after suspecting the role of a foreign man, Thailand on Thursday ruled out involvement of global terror groups in the deadly attack in the Brahma temple here on Monday that killed 20 people.
However, authorities have sought Interpol help in tracking down the foreign man suspected of planting explosives.
“The security agencies have collaborated with intelligence agencies from a lot of countries and have come to the same preliminary conclusion that the incident is unlikely to be linked to international terrorism,” Thai junta spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvaree told reporters.
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack at the Erawan Brahma temple, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Bangkok, that killed 20 people, including five Chinese, and injured more than 100 others on Monday night.
Colonel Winthai said Thai security agencies were in close touch with other countries. He said the preliminary investigation into the attack showed that the Chinese people were not the target because other nationalities too were hurt.
Thailand’s national police chief Somyot Poompanmoung gave a detailed profile of the mysterious assailants, saying there were more than 10 involved and they carefully planned the attack.
“This blast was carried out by teams...There was a survey team, a protection team, material providing team and exit team,” Somyot told reporters.