[Bangkok Post] A key suspect was arrested in connection with the car bombing of a Big C superstore in Pattani's Muang district on Tuesday, and a massive manhunt is underway for eight others. Suhaimee Sama-ae was apprehended in Pattani's Nong Chik district on Thursday night. He had allegedly confessed he was involved the attack and implicated eight others in the plot.Pol Maj Gen Piyawat alleged Suhaimee was part of a group that held up and murdered pickup truck owner Nuson Khachornkham and stole his vehicle. The truck was then packed with explosives and used in the car-bomb attack that left 61 people injured at Big C Supercenter on Tuesday afternoon.
The eight others implicated by Suhaimee have outstanding warrants for their arrest in connection with previous violence in Pattani and Yala provinces. They were identified as Anuwa Kaso, Ruslan Baimat, Maolana Samoh, Isma-ae Mosu, Bukkolee Lamsoh, Abdulasi Japakeeya, Manase Saidee and Muhammad Kaso.
Two of seven other people earlier detained for questioning over the attack are a religious leader and a local tambon leader, who gave "useful information" to investigators.