Thai police focus on possible 'Turkish connection' in bombing manhunt

August 22, 2015

Thai police hunting for the Bangkok shrine bomber have shown a copy of a Turkish passport to hotel staff and motorcycle taxi drivers and asked about visitors from Turkey, it has been reported.

Thailand issued an arrest warrant for an unidentified "foreign man' last week, but the new development is the first public indication that investigators have focussed their manhunt on a suspect from a particular country.

However, investigators also reportedly said that they believed the passport might be fake.