BANGKOK, 25 February 2012 – The police have identified a motorbike believed to be used by the suspects in the recent Bangkok explosions.
Investigators have identified a Yamaha motorbike, carrying an Angthong license plate, which is believed to have been involved in recent explosions in central Bangkok.
Five people, including the bomber, have been wounded in the February 14 incidents. Two of the suspects are under the police detention in Bangkok, while another has been arrested by Malaysian authorities. Two more suspects are being wanted by Thai investigators.
The police said that the suspected motorbike, found by the city police in Din Daeng area a day after the blast day, belongs to Mr. Somporn Kla-harn, an Angthong resident.
Witnesses said a Middle-Eastern-looking man was seen driving the suspected bike along with the one retrieved from the explosion site.
Metropolitan Police Bureau Chief, Police Lieutenant General Winai Thongsong, revealed that the suspected motorbike was driven by Mohammad Hazaei, who was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport on the explosion day, after he bought it from Mr. Somporn.
