A foreigner suspect has admitted his involvement in the deadly bombing at a Bangkok shrine on August 17, his lawyer said on September 30.
According to lawyer Schoochart Kanpai, the accused Adem Karadak, also known as Bilal Muhammed, said he carried out the bombing under the orders from a man called Abdulah Abdullahman, another suspect on the arrest warrant list.
The lawyer made the confirmation after meeting the suspect at the military barracks in Bangkok where he is being detained.
On September 26, the police affirmed that Adem Karadak, arrested at the end of last month, was the same man seen in security footage wearing a yellow T-shirt and placing a backpack at the Erawan shrine moments before the explosion.
Among more than a dozen people wanted over the blast, both foreigners and Thais, only two men – Adem Karadak and Yusuf Mieraili – are currently in custody./.
One of the two men arrested over the bombing at the Erawan shrine in Bangkok last month admitted to possessing explosives, Thai police said on September 7.
Thai police’s chief Somyot Poompanmoung on September 15 pointed to the Turkish-speaking Muslim Uighur minority in China as the suspected group behind the Bangkok bombing on August 17.
A Thai court has issued an arrest warrant for a 32-year-old Pakistani man in connection with the deadly bombing at Bangkok 's Erawan shrine last month, said Thai police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri.
A Thai court on September 23 issued an arrest warrant for a new suspect in the Bangkok bombings last month, raising the total number of arrest warrants issued in connection with the blast to 14.
Adem Karadak, who was arrested for involving in the recent Bangkok bombing, is verified as the yellow-shirted man seen in the scene’s security camera footage, Thai police said on September 25.
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Adem Karadak (Source: AP)
