Attention focusses on Turkish "Grey Wolves" for Bangkok bombing
Thai police believe that they have made a major break-though in their hunt for the authors of the recent Bangkok bombing, having arrested a man found in a flat in a predominantly Muslim area of the city. &nbsp;A number of false passports and bomb-making equipment for devices similar to the pipe-bomb used in the attack on the Erawan shrine were found in the five room flat. However the police are saying that the man arrested was not an 'international terrorist', but someone with a personal grudge.&nbsp;The Thai police promptly&nbsp;rewarded themselves&nbsp;with the cash funds for having made the arrest "without any help".&nbsp;However since that arrest, attention started to focus on a radical&nbsp;Turkish group called the Grey Wolves (Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot Pope John Paul II, was a member). It is thought that the Grey Wolves have recently taken up the cause of the Chinese Uighur Muslims, a number of whom were recently extradited from Thailand back to China. &nbsp;
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Police in Thailand have handed themselves a reward after arresting a man suspected of involvement in a bombing in the country’s capital.

Authorities earlier released a photo of two people, described as a Thai woman and a foreign man, and offered the public a 3 million baht or £54,000 reward for information leading to their capture.

But officers say they have managed to arrest the man they were seeking without the help of the public and will be pocketing the money themselves.

“This money should be given to officials who did their job,” National police chief Somyot Poompanmoung told journalists at a press conference on Monday.

Police chief Somyot Poompanmoung holds a cash reward at a press conference

Stacks of 1,000 baht notes were visible on the stage at the event, brought out into public view by aides.

Mr Somyot denied suggestions that tips from the public had led to the arrest.

“This arrest, I confirm is due purely to the work of police,” he added.

It is not clear how the money will be distributed to officers.

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Thailand's police have been criticised in local and international media for giving out confusing messages about the investigation.

The 17 August bombing at Bangkok's Erawan Shrine killed 20 people.

The man was arrested by officers at an apartment on the outskirts of the city. He has not yet been charged.

Police seized bomb-making materials at the site of the arrest and are holding the man in military custody.

Additional reporting by AP