A view of a passport believed to belong to a suspect named by Thai police as Emrah Davutoglu of Turkey is seen in this handout picture released on September 2, 2015. REUTERS/Thai Police/Handout via Reuters
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Police claimed significant progress on Wednesday towards finding the mastermind of Thailand's deadliest attack after an arrested man admitted being near the Aug. 17 shrine blast and fingerprints tied him to the room of a suspected bomber.
The unidentified man, arrested less than a kilometre from the Cambodian border on Tuesday, had told police he was not the bomber, but was in same area when a massive explosion killed 20 people.
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