Thai police seeking two more bomb suspects
BANGKOK, Feb 17 - Thai police are seeking information on two more suspects possibly connected with Bangkok blasts after witnesses confirmed seeing a sixth suspect, Deputy Police Chief Pol Gen Pansiri Prapawat said Friday.
Gen Pansiri said police are seeking court approval for an arrest warrant for the fifth suspect, identified as 52-year-old Iranian Nikkhahfard Javad. He was seen on closed circuit television surveillance leaving the house rented by his group in Tuesday morning before the blasts occurred in the afternoon.
The warrants sought for the fifth man reportedly include joint charges with the other men of building explosive devices, possession of explosive devices without permits, and causing an explosion injuring other persons.
The deputy police chief added police investigators were also gathering more information on the sixth suspect, a Middle East man, after witnesses saw him accompanying the Iranian female suspect to rent the house.
Gen Pansiri stated that additional evidence -- four plastic boxes -- were found in a room of Nasa Vegas Hotel where the suspects stayed and police believed they were used as containers for explosive devices.
Thailand’s Criminal Court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for four Iranians on varied charges concerning Tuesday’s Bangkok bomb incident. Two men were arrested earlier --- Saeid Moradi, 28, who lost his legs from his own explosive device, and another suspect, Mohammad Hazaei, 42, who was taken into custody at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Tuesday while attempting to board a plane to Malaysia.
A third Iranian identified as Masoud Sedaghatzadeh was arrested on Wednesday by Malaysian authorities in Kuala Lumpur. The fourth suspect was Rohani Leila, an Iranian woman who arranged to rent the Sukhumvit Soi 71 home and was believed to have fled the kingdom several days before the explosions.
Chulalongkorn University Hospital Deputy Director Dr Prasert Trivichitsilp said Mr Moradi’s condition is stable but he cannot give testimony to police as he is still on life support under a respirator.
Regarding the third suspect, detained in Malaysia, Wanchai Rujanawong, director-general of the Office of the Attorney General's Foreign Affairs Bureau, said he has received the request from the National Police Bureau to seek extradition of Mr Masoud from Malaysia.
Mr Wanchai said his office is now speeding up the working process and will submit the request to Malaysian authorities as soon as possible after the document verification and English translation is done.
He said Thailand may move the case forward by seeking the extradition under the terms of an extradition treaty between Siam and England dating back to the period when Malaysia was a British colony, as well as using diplomatic channels on the basis of reciprocity. (MCOT online news)
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