Police in Bangkok, Thailand are on a manhunt for two suspects, a man and a woman, who are believed to be connected to the recent deadly explosions that rocked the city’s Erawan Shrine this month.
Warrants were issued on Sunday (August 30) for the two new suspects in connection with the bombing as well as another explosion on the Sathorn pier of the Chao Phraya River.
Images of the male and female suspects were released to the public during a televised statement Monday afternoon. The statement came after police spent the weekend raiding the suspects’ residence in Minburi. Police discovered bomb-making material during the raid.
The woman has been identified as Wanna Suansan, 26, and was seen in the photo released by the police wearing a hijab. Suansan was originally from the southern province of Phang Nga.
To date, Suansan is the only suspect that authorities have identified by name. However, the woman’s mother insists that she left Thailand to stay with her husband in Turkey two months ago.
Little information is known about the male suspect, but he is seen in the police sketch with a mustache and dark hair. Authorities state that the male suspect is a foreigner. The unidentified suspect was caught on surveillance video wearing a yellow t-shirt and hiding a backpack underneath a bench near the shrine just minutes before the explosion.
Another unidentified man is suspected of being involved in the Erawan bombing, which killed 20 people. The man denies having any involvement in the attack despite police finding bomb-making material in his residence. The man has been taken into police custody, but is not the man in the yellow t-shirt from the surveillance footage.
Authorities believe that at least 10 people may have played a role in the bombing, but the attack is not believed to be connected to any international terrorist groups.
