Thai police release detailed sketch of suspected shrine bomber

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Thai police release detailed sketch of suspected shrine bomber



BANGKOK - Thai police on Wednesday released a detailed sketch of the suspected Bangkok bomber seen on security footage leaving a backpack at a shrine moments before a bomb detonated, killing 20 people and wounding scores more.

The unidentified man, who has a light complexion, some stubble, black hair and glasses, "might be foreign or Thai", according to national police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Thai-police-release-detailed-sketch-of-suspected-s-30266975.html


-- The Nation 2015-08-19

[steven100]

good work on getting a sketch out quickly .... lets hope they catch this murderer very soon ....

[firestar]

Is it on purpose that they release a sketch of someone that has no identifiable race, skin color, features....?

Then again if it's a foreigner he's long gone, best to keep their options open so fingers can be pointed at someone, anyone, and get some political gain out of this.

[roamer]

Well if he's Thai or Chinese he must have been working on that stubble for a month ....

[firestar]

If he's Thai or Chinese he must have been working on that stubble for a month ....

Well they said it could be a wig, so the stubble could be glued on pubes, basically..... they have no idea.

[bkksteve123]

The eyes definitely look Asian. But the rest, not so much.

[h90]

lucky that I am too old....

20 years ago I would have looked similar....

[bangkokfrog]

This thing seems to have been fairly carefully planned, so it seems unlikely that the guy would not have taken some steps to disguise himself.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

So that pretty much rules out he's a redshirt. (Along with technical details of the bomb, and the indiscriminate murderous/terrorist intent; it's not beyond them to meddle with glorified fireworks against specific political targets and then usually at night when nobody is there. Everything about this is different.)

Edited August 19, 2015 by WinnieTheKhwai

[ourmanflint]

Does it say anywhere what suspects height is? This is basic stuff to assess and then state. No point in looking at 6ft foreigners if he was a midget.

[Thailand]

"might be foreign or Thai"

Quite possible.

Hope they get the B soon!

[Bluespunk]

Is it on purpose that they release a sketch of someone that has no identifiable race, skin color, features....?

Then again if it's a foreigner he's long gone, best to keep their options open so fingers can be pointed at someone, anyone, and get some political gain out of this.

Might be that the CCTV image was so poor that this is the best they could do with it.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

If the guy looks so familiar then it's probably because that's the most generic looking person I've ever seen on this planet. As for his height and build: bet that's average too.

[ddavidovsky]

Looks somewhat Indonesian.

[mango66]

lucky that I am too old....

20 years ago I would have looked similar....

I am lucky,

I had sholder long hair , and not black ! :-))) 555

[worgeordie]

So that pretty much rules out he's a redshirt. (Along with technical details of the bomb, and the indiscriminate murderous/terrorist intent; it's not beyond them to meddle with glorified fireworks against specific political targets and then usually at night when nobody is there. Everything about this is different.)

No it could not be Redshirts, they just use RPGs and hand grenades,otherwise known

as glorified fireworks!

regards worgeordie

[h90]

So that pretty much rules out he's a redshirt. (Along with technical details of the bomb, and the indiscriminate murderous/terrorist intent; it's not beyond them to meddle with glorified fireworks against specific political targets and then usually at night when nobody is there. Everything about this is different.)

No it does not. As the red shirts never got things right, it could be that the man in Dubai hired a reliable foreigner.

I am not saying he did, just saying that it is not a evidence against it.

[h90]

lucky that I am too old....

20 years ago I would have looked similar....

I am lucky,

I had sholder long hair , and not black ! :-))) 555

well color can change fast......

[realenglish1]

Could also be Muslim as well or maybe a Jew. Or how about a Coptic Syrian No no wait looks like the band leader of $*%*$.

Anyways whoever he is He is laying low now since they have a decent description of Him Thank god I don't have curly hair

[Ace of Pop]

Could be any U.K. Passport Holder these days.

[rijb]

This might rule out his arrival on an international flight. Doesn't immigration take pictures of everyone flying into the country?

[speedtripler]

Could be any U.K. Passport Holder these days.

Could be any American passport holder for the last few decades too

[lildragon]

Maybe from the same part of the world as Tsmarnev the Boston bomber? Europe meets Asia there and some of the people like something in between.

[fish fingers]

After leaving the scene, a taxi bike dropped him off at Silom soi 9 - are the authorities doing 'house to house' down there? Its just a short distance from Taksin Bridge too, so if its the same person(or 'cell'), he didn't run from the city that quickly

Edited August 19, 2015 by fish fingers

[richard_smith237]

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This is about finding an obscene human being... Politics can remain out of it until a culprit is found.

The link I provided above was sent to me by Thai friends yesterday (also of no political persuasion)... they thought the 'guy in the yellow T-shirt' could have been this guy... it still could be.

The Police Sketch does show some resemblance - This is someone the Police should at least be questioning, if not for any other reason than to simply rule out.

Edited August 19, 2015 by Scott
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[Jim walker]

Yellow shirt for sure he was even wearing one

[Mackie]

It seems to me the guy was just a delivery boy. Or a deluded radical student obsessed with Hunger Games. I would keep that option open. It wouldn't be the first time nor it will be the last time that someone was given substantial amount of money to deliver 'goods' to a certain point. People are offered money, the content is never discussed. Desperate people take the money, no questions ask. In any case, the authorities need to get him to squeeze out of him who was behind this attack. If he was only a delivery boy, tough luck.

[rafish]

Is it on purpose that they release a sketch of someone that has no identifiable race, skin color, features....?

Then again if it's a foreigner he's long gone, best to keep their options open so fingers can be pointed at someone, anyone, and get some political gain out of this.

Ah yes, the old political gain thing...wow! Says the Brother from another planet no doubt.

[Bluespunk]

Could be any U.K. Passport Holder these days.

Considering the background of the British citizen murdered in this bombing that "joke" is in astonishingly poor taste.

[weaver93]

"might be foreign or Thai", according to national police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri

So that narrows it down to circa 8.5m in Bangkok alone....

In other words.... RTP havent got a 'Scooby Doo''

1m baht as a reward, they should up it to 20m at least -IMO

T.I.T.

Edited August 19, 2015 by weaver93