'No foreign role' in Bangkok bombing
Thai soldiers inspect the scene after a bomb exploded outside a religious shrine in central Bangkok late on August 17, 2015 killing at least 10 people and wounding scores more. Body parts were scattered across the street after the explosion outside the Erawan Shrine in the downtown Chidlom district of the Thai capital. Photo: AFP
The government of Thailand has said Monday's bombing in central Bangkok is "unlikely" to be the work of international terror group.
Col Winthai Suvaree, a spokesman for the ruling military junta, said this was the preliminary conclusion reached by investigators.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. 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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