泰国当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.

泰国总理周二表示，泰国当局逮捕了一名曼谷爆炸案嫌犯，这一事实为72小时来事态的快速进展画上了句号。此前，爆炸案的调查工作似乎陷入了停滞。8月17日发生在曼谷四面佛神庙(Erawan shrine)的爆炸案，是该市有史以来致死人数最多的爆炸案。

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月通过军事政变掌权的巴育怠敓差将军(Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha)表示，泰国当局在靠近泰柬边境的泰国东部地区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.

巴育在出席内阁会议后对记者的讲话中表示，被捕男子是8月17日爆炸案主犯之一。不过，他并未透露是否认为这名嫌犯就是监控摄像头拍到的那名身着黄色T恤衫的男子。摄像头拍到，那名黄衫男子在爆炸发生前不久，将自己的背包弃置在该神庙。

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.”

巴育未提供更多的细节，并警告人们不要乱猜。他说：“现在先别谈此事涉及这个那个，否则可能会影响到国际事务。我们必须做大量的检测，检测指纹等。如果结果证明是他，那他就是那个凶手。”

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

电视画面显示，这名男子是一名戴着棒球帽和太阳镜、留着胡须的清瘦男子。

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.

有传闻称，放炸弹的人与土耳其有关，尤其是考虑到今年7月泰国曾将100多名中国维吾尔族人遣返回中国。维吾尔族是中国的少数民族、讲突厥语。这100多名维吾尔族人自称在中国受到迫害。泰国这次遣返在土耳其引发了抗议，愤怒的暴民洗劫了泰国驻伊斯坦布尔领事馆。