Bangkok shrine bombing suspect gave device to attacker

International media report that Thai police have said a suspect in the Bangkok shrine bombing has confessed to giving a bag containing a device to the man who carried out the attack on the 17th August at the city’s popular Erawan Shrine. The attack left some 20 people dead and scores others injured.

The announcement came as the suspect, Yusufu Mieraili, was taken to a train station in Bangkok to re-enact the alleged handover.

Two foreign men are currently in custody, but the bomber himself has not been found. The man was last seen on CCTV footage ahead of the attack, wearing a yellow T-shirt, and placing a backpack at the popular shrine, shortly before the explosion.

The suspect had allegedly told police that he travelled to the station from an apartment in the outskirts of Bangkok where police had found bomb-making materials in an earlier raid. Mieraili, who has not been charged yet, was captured earlier this month as he attempted to cross the border into Cambodia.

Police have not confirmed his nationality but say he was carrying a Chinese passport.

On Tuesday, he was taken to visit apartments in other parts of Bangkok where police said they found the bomb-making materials as well as passports.

Thailand's police regularly conduct re-enactments with suspects, a practice which has been criticised as implying guilt before trial.

Meanwhile, the other man in custody has been named by local media as Adem Karadag, and local media have quoted police sources as saying that they are hunting for the alleged mastermind of the attack, who is thought to have left Thailand a day before the attack.