VIDEO: Erawan shrine blast suspect confesses, lawyer says

Suspected Erawan shrine bomber Bilal Turk, also known as Adem Karadag, has confirmed he placed a rucksack laden with explosives at the shrine on Aug 17, according to his lawyer.  

VIDEO: Erawan shrine blast suspect confesses, lawyer says

Speaking after a three-hour meeting with Mr Karadag on the11th Army Circle where he is being held, lawyer Choochart Khanpai said the suspect confessed that he put a rucksack with explosives inside near the fence of the shrine at Ratchaprasong intersection.

Mr Karadag voluntarily confessed to being the man seen on OVTV wearing a yellow t-shirt who left a pipe bomb at the Erawan shrine which killed 20 people and injured more than 130 others.

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