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Bangkok bomb suspect 'has fled to Turkey'

A key suspect in the Bangkok bombing has fled to Turkey, say police in Thailand.

Earlier on Monday, two men and a woman were detained in Malaysia in connection with last month's bomb blast which killed 20 and injured more than 120..

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Thai police arrest man over Bangkok bombing

An e-fit of the man Thai police have hunting as a suspect over the bombing Credit: Thai police

Police in Thailand have arrested a man in connection with a bombing in Bangkok that killed 20 people on August 17.

Police raided an apartment used in northern Bangkok and also discovered possible bomb-making materials, according to a national police spokesman.

Prawut Thavornsiri said the suspect "looks like the one we are looking for".

"They also found a lot of materials which can be used to make bombs", he added.

The bomb tore through the city's crowded Erawan Shrine in Bangkok's commercial heart and most of the victims were tourists.

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