No foreign role in Bangkok bombing

The government of Thailand has said Monday`s bombing in central Bangkok is "unlikely" to be the work of international terror group, reports BBC.

Col Winthai Suvaree, a spokesman for the ruling military junta, said this was the preliminary conclusion reached by investigators.

The attack on the Erawan Shrine in central Bangkok on Monday evening killed 20 people and injured scores.

Police are searching for three suspects.

An arrest warrant has been issued for one unidentified man seen on CCTV footage leaving a backpack at the shrine shortly before the blast.

The Hindu shrine is popular with Buddhist, and Chinese tourists, but the spokesman said authorities did not believe Chinese people had been the "direct target" of the attack.