Malaysia nabs eight for suspected role in Thai bombing
Malaysia’s police have placed eight people – four Malaysians and four foreigners – under arrest for suspected involvement in the deadly August bombing in the Thai capital, Bangkok.
Malaysia’s Police Deputy Inspector General Noor Rashid Ibrahim announced the arrests on Wednesday, saying they had been made in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, and the eastern state of Kelantan.
He said Thai police had been informed of the arrests.
Some reports say Thailand’s Deputy National Police chief Chakthip Chaijinda has flown to Malaysia to question one of the detainees, who has confessed to being the bomber in the Bangkok attack.
Rashid further said the Malaysians were also suspected of trafficking foreigners into Malaysia as well.
Earlier in the month, Malaysia had arrested three people in connection with the bombing. Rashid, however, said that investigators had not established a link between them and the attack.
On August 17, a powerful bomb blast rocked the Erawan Shrine in downtown Bangkok, killing 20 people, mostly Asian tourists, and injuring more than 120 others.
Following the attack, Thailand’s police, based on the information received from security cameras at the site of the incident, launched an extensive operation to find a man in a yellow T-shirt who left a bag at the shrine just moments before the deadly explosion.
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