Thai police say Bangkok bomber did not act alone

The Erawan Shrine after the bombing.
(Image credit: Jerome Taylor/AFP/Getty Images)

Authorities in Thailand say they are looking for accomplices of the suspect behind the Erawan Shrine bombing in Bangkok that killed 22 people Monday.

"These types of attacks are not usually planned by one person alone," said national police spokesman Prawut Thawornsiri. The suspect was captured on closed-circuit television dropping off a backpack by the shrine and walking away, Reuters reports. He has shaggy dark hair and was wearing a yellow T-shirt. Deputy police chief Jaktip Chaijinda said after looking at the footage, investigators "believe the man's physical appearance resembles more that of a foreigner than a Thai."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.