Six more suspects implicated by authorities in the car bomb that injured seven people in the parking lot of a Central shopping mall on Koh Samui are now in police custody.
Officials continue to play down any link to the southern insurgency, saying they’ve ruled out any link between the April 10 bomb attack at Central Festival Samui and the long-running conflict in Thailand’s south. They say they do not know what the motive behind the bombing was, according to Internal Security Operation spokesman Col. Pramote Prom-in.
The bomb, packed inside a Mazda pick-up truck with false number plates, exploded late on April 10 in the underground car park of the Central Festival mall, sending late-night shoppers running for safety.
The truck had been stolen in one of Thailand’s southern provinces, and police have openly objected to the military ruling out a possible southern link immediately after the incident.
Meanwhile, Lt. Gen. Thitirat Nongharnpitak of the Central Investigation Bureau said evidence suggested those involved in the southern violence might have had a role in the car bomb.
However, he declined to elaborate with further information as to who else might have been behind the explosion as it would affect the ongoing investigation, state media reported.
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