BANGKOK (AP) – The latest on the bombings in the Thai capital (all times local):
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Thailand’s police chief says the investigation into last week’s bomb blast has been hampered by broken security cameras in central Bangkok along the main suspect’s getaway route.
National police chief Somyot Poompanmoung said Monday that police were trying to “put pieces of the puzzle together” but had to use their imagination to fill holes where street-side security cameras were broken and unable to record the suspect’s movements.
Somyot said, “Sometimes there are 20 cameras on the street but only five work.”
He added, “We have had to waste time to put the dots together.”
Last Monday’s bombing at the Erawan Shrine in central Bangkok left 20 people dead and more than 120 injured.
Police have released an artist’s sketch of the prime suspect who is seen on security footage leaving a backpack at a bench inside the open-air shrine and walking away. The explosion takes place 15 minutes later.
On Sunday, Somyot said that police would “need some luck” to track down the suspect, while other police officials said they believed he had already left the country.