Uighur man nabbed in Jakarta ‘not linked to Erawan bomb’
The Royal Thai Police has contacted the Indonesian branch of Interpol for details after it was reported that an ethnic Uighur suspect arrested in a counter-terrorism raid in the Jakarta suburb of Bekasi on December 23 may be linked to the Erawan shrine bo
Deputy police spokesman Pol Colonel Krissana Pattancharoen said yesterday that his agency was told by Interpol Indonesian officers that Indonesian police had carried out raids on the island of Java and arrested 10 suspects for their alleged support for the Mujahideen.
Krissana said Thai police had been told that none of the captured suspects were found to be involved in the Bangkok bombing, so the report might have stemmed from a misunderstanding.
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