Billboards erected showing August bombing suspects

Billboards erected showing August bombing suspects

Suspects in the  Aug 11-12 bombings filmed by surveillance cameras in Nakhon Si Thammarat. (File photo)
Suspects in the Aug 11-12 bombings filmed by surveillance cameras in Nakhon Si Thammarat. (File photo)

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT - Police have put up large billboards at four spots with the names and pictures of eight suspects wanted under court warrants for arson and bombing attacks in seven provinces on Aug 11-12.

The attacks occurred in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Hua Hin district and the southern provinces of Trang, Phuket, Surat Thani, Phangnga, Krabi and Nakhon Si Thammarat, killing four people and wounded 35.

The billboards were erected at the Bang Pu intersection in tambon Pak Phun of Muang district; Benjama intersection in tambon Pho Sadet of Muang district; Na Luang intersection in Muang district; and Suan Phak intersection in Ron Phibun district.

The billboards show the names and pictures of eight suspects -- Anmin Katemmadi, Hakim Dolo, Seri Waemamu, Ruslan Baima, Ahama Lengla, Muhamad Yaki Salae, Ammar Waedaramae and Abdulkoder Samae.

Special Branch officer Pol Lt-Col Techochai Khunnatchian said it was hoped the billboards would jog people's memories and they would inform police if they had seen any of the suspects.

Deputy police chief Srivara Ransibrahamakul, who is in charge of the investigation, said the military had already arrested one of the pictured men - Abdulkoder Samae, 35, of Pattani's Yarang district, a suspect in the bombing in Trang province.

The man had been interrogated and was being detained at the 43rd Military Circle in Thung Song district of Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Pol Gen Srivara said he would go to Nakhon Si Thammarat this week to question Mr Abdukoder himself.

The motive for the arson and bombing attacks in the seven provinces has still not been made clear, he said. However, most of the suspects were from the three southern border provinces.

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