Police and troops backed up with bomb-sniffing dogs were deployed in three teams to check the major tourist destinations in Bangkok Sunday, Police spokesman Pol Lt Gen Prawut Thawornsiri said.

The first team was deployed to check around the Siam Paragon shopping mall, Ratchaprasong Area and Siam area in a measure to restore foreign tourists’ confidence following the Erawan shrine blast on August 17.

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