Bangkok: Aides of late Maj-Gen Khattiya as suspects in Big C bombing

BANGKOK, August 1 – Police revealed photographs of several men suspected of involvement in the bombing at a bus stop at Big C department store in Ratchadamri Road last Sunday evening saying they are close aides of the late Red Shirt military strategist army Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol.

The suspects are believed to be linked to several bombings in Bangkok including those outside Big C Ratchadamri on July 25 and opposite the King Power duty free shopping complex in Rangnam Road on July 30.

Pol Lt-Gen Santhan Chayanont, metropolitan police commissioner said that the men depicted were a van syndicate figure and close aides of the slain general.

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