Police arrest suspect in Bangkok bomb attack
Foreigner with fake Turkish passport found with materials to make explosives
Thai authorities have arrested a foreigner with a fake Turkish passport and bomb-making materials, the first possible breakthrough in the probe into the deadly bombing at a Bangkok shrine nearly two weeks ago.
"He is most likely related to the bombing," deputy police chief Chakthip Chaijinda said of the suspect.
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