Bomb suspect is talking, police say.

The latest suspect caught in connection with the deadly bombing at Erawan shrine on Aug 17 has admitted he assembled the bomb before handing it to a yellow-shirted suspect who subsequently planted the device at the shrine, a police source said Sunday.

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Suspect Yusufu Mieraili (left) tells military interrogators he assembled the bomb for the actual bomber, as the first man arrested, Adem Karadak, also known as Bilal Mohammed, is remanded from military custody to prison.

Police say suspect hired to make bomb

Mieraili opens up on role in Erawan blast

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The latest suspect caught in connection with the deadly bombing at the Erawan shrine on Aug 17 has admitted he assembled the bomb before handing it to a yellow-shirted suspect who subsequently planted the device at the shrine, a police source said Sunday.

Yusufu Mieraili, a 25-year-old man detained in Sa Kaeo province on Tuesday, has been in military custody at the 11th Army Circle in Bangkok since he was taken from the eastern province.

Police investigators from the Metropolitan Police Bureau were invited to interrogate him at the army camp.

The police source said Mr Mieraili had told the military authorities and the police during interrogation that he was hired by his boss to buy chemicals from shops in Min Buri. After that he used them to make the bomb at his room in Bangkok's Nong Chok district. The source said Mr Mieraili did not say any more about his boss.

Mr Mieraili also told investigators that after he finished making the bomb on Aug 17, he travelled to Hua Lamphong railway station and handed the bomb to the yellow-shirted suspect who later planted the device at the Erawan shrine the same day, the source said.

Mr Mieraili admitted he had never met the yellow-shirted suspect before, the source added.

Details in Mr Mieraili's confession correspond with images captured by a CCTV camera in Min Buri district which showed Mr Mieraili buying chemicals from shops in Min Buri on July 21 and Aug 12, the source said.

This police source said Mr Mieraili was also seen on camera at the site of the bombing on Aug 17 with the yellow-shirted man who police believe placed the explosives.

Police think Mr Mieraili detonated the bomb before escaping in a taxi heading to the Pratunam area. However, the source did not elaborate on why they believe Mr Mieraili detonated the bomb and from where he did it.

Mr Mieraili was carrying a Chinese passport which gave his place of birth as China's western region of Xinjiang, but it was unclear if it was authentic.

The source said Mr Mieraili's connection to the blast network is likely to become clearer after the suspect is handed over to police today.

Police will take him to the Min Buri court and ask for permission to detain him for 12 more days.

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