泰國當局逮捕第二名爆炸案嫌犯

Thai authorities have arrested a suspect in Bangkok’s deadliest ever bomb attack, the prime minister said on Tuesday, capping 72 hours of fast-moving developments after the investigation had appeared to be stalled.

泰國總理週二表示，泰國當局逮捕了一名曼谷爆炸案嫌犯，這一事實爲72小時來事態的快速進展畫上了句號。此前，爆炸案的調查工作似乎陷入了停滯。8月17日發生在曼谷四面佛神廟(Erawan shrine)的爆炸案，是該市有史以來致死人數最多的爆炸案。

Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha, the premier who seized power in a military coup in May last year, said a foreign man had been detained in eastern Thailand close to the Cambodian border.

今年5月通過軍事政變掌權的巴育怠敓差將軍(Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha)表示，泰國當局在靠近泰柬邊境的泰國東部地區逮捕了一名外籍男子。

Speaking to reporters following a cabinet meeting, Mr Prayuth said the detainee was one of the main perpetrators behind the August 17 bombing at the Erawan shrine in the Thai capital. But he did not say whether the suspect was believed to be the young man in a yellow T-shirt caught on security cameras dumping his rucksack at the shrine shortly before the explosion.

巴育在出席內閣會議後對記者的講話中表示，被捕男子是8月17日爆炸案主犯之一。不過，他並未透露是否認爲這名嫌犯就是監控攝像頭拍到的那名身着黃色T恤衫的男子。攝像頭拍到，那名黃衫男子在爆炸發生前不久，將自己的揹包棄置在該神廟。

He offered few further details and warned against speculation: “Don't say just yet it's about this and that. It could affect international affairs,” he said. “We have to do a lot of tests, fingerprints. If he is the guy, he is the guy.”

巴育未提供更多的細節，並警告人們不要亂猜。他說：“現在先別談此事涉及這個那個，否則可能會影響到國際事務。我們必須做大量的檢測，檢測指紋等。如果結果證明是他，那他就是那個兇手。”

Television pictures showed the suspect to be a thin man wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses and with a moustache.

電視畫面顯示，這名男子是一名戴着棒球帽和太陽鏡、留着鬍鬚的清瘦男子。

Rumours have swirled of a connection between the bombers and Turkey — in particular over Thailand’s deportation in July of more than 100 members of the Turkic-speaking Uighur minority to China, where they say they are persecuted. The deportation prompted protests in Turkey, where an angry mob ransacked the Thai consulate in Istanbul.

有傳聞稱，放炸彈的人與土耳其有關，尤其是考慮到今年7月泰國曾將100多名中國維吾爾族人遣返回中國。維吾爾族是中國的少數民族、講突厥語。這100多名維吾爾族人自稱在中國受到迫害。泰國這次遣返在土耳其引發了抗議，憤怒的暴民洗劫了泰國駐伊斯坦布爾領事館。