Thai prime minister says main suspect in bombing arrested

(Associated Press)

September 1, 2015 - 2:51am

This image released Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) shows evidence government officials say was collected in conjunction with the arrest of a man they say was involved with the Aug. 17 bombing at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok. Thai authorities arrested a foreign man they said had been holed up in a suburban apartment with bomb-making equipment and stacks of passports, the first possible breakthrough in the deadly bombing at a Bangkok shrine nearly two weeks ago. National Council for Peace and Order via AP

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's prime minister says authorities have arrested a man they believe is the main suspect in a bombing at a shrine in central Bangkok two weeks ago that killed 20 people.

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said Tuesday the man is a foreigner and was arrested in eastern Thailand near the Cambodian border. He described him as the main person in the bombing but did not directly say he is the person suspected of actually planting the bomb.

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