DNA tests show bomber remains at large

DNA tests show a foreign man arrested near the Cambodia border Tuesday is not the yellow-shirted Erawan shrine bomber, but was “definitely involved in the bombing”, police said.

Assistant police chief and police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri told reporters today that DNA samples from Yusufu Mieraili, 25, did not match those found in the suspected bomber’s taxi, on a banknote or on shreds of the bomb-containing backpack the suspect handled.

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