The South Bangkok Criminal Court Saturday night approved a police request to issue an arrest warrant of a Middle East man believed to have been involved in the three bomb explosions in a business district of Bangkok on Feb. 14, local media INN reported on Sunday.
According to Pol Col Sunthorn Khemaprapa, deputy chief of Metropolitan Police Division 5, the suspect, who was not yet identified, was charged with illegally assembling bombs, illegally having explosives in possession, and causing explosions that hurt other people, Xinhua reported.
Pol Col Sunthorn said there had not been enough evidence to confirm whether the fifth suspect was identified as Nikkhahfard Javad, who reportedly left the country on Feb 14.
The camera captured images of the fifth suspect walking from the rented house at Sukhumvit 71's Soi Pridi Panomyong 31 where the first bomb exploded.
Thailand's Criminal Court on last Thursday issued arrest warrants for four Iranians on various charges related to Tuesday's Bangkok bomb incidents.
Two Iranian suspects were arrested earlier -- Saeid Moradi, 28, who lost his limbs from his own explosive device and another suspect, Mohammad Hazaei, 42, who was taken into custody at Bangkok's main international airport on Tuesday while attempting to board a plane bound for neighboring Malaysia.
A third Iranian identified as Masoud Sedaghatzadeh was arrested on Wednesday by Malaysian authorities in Kuala Lumpur while the fourth suspect, a female Iranian identified as Rohani Leila, was believed by the police to have returned to the Iranian capital of Tehran.
The bomb blasts that rock the capital of Thailand on last Tuesday injured five people including three Thai men, one Thai woman and Saeid himself.
Warrant issued for fifth Bangkok bombing suspect
The South Bangkok Criminal Court Saturday night approved a police request to issue an arrest warrant of a Middle East man believed to have been involved in the three bomb explosions in a business district of Bangkok on Feb. 14, local media INN reported on Sunday.
