Bomb material found in Thailand after terror warnings
Source: The Chicago Tribune / Reuters
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police discovered bomb-making material after the detention of a Lebanese man suspected of planning an attack, but the prime minister insisted Monday that everything was under control.
Authorities beefed up security in parts of the capital and other areas popular with tourists after the United States and Israel warned Friday of a possible terrorist attack.
Police detained a Lebanese man reportedly carrying a Swedish passport. Officials said he had links with Hezbollah, a Shi'ite Islamist group in Lebanon backed by Syria and Iran that is on the U.S. blacklist of foreign terrorist organizations.
National police chief Priewpan Damapong told reporters the suspect, named as Atris Hussein, had given police an address where bomb-making material was being kept.
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