泰国军政府声称，曼谷爆炸案不太可能是国际恐怖分子的手笔——尽管此前有多名调查人员声称涉嫌安置炸弹的男子是外国人。发生在曼谷的这起爆炸案，导致了史无前例的伤亡。
Thailand’s ruling military junta has claimed Bangkok’s deadliest-ever bombing is unlikely to be the work of international terrorists, even though investigators previously said the man suspected of planting the device was foreign.
周四，泰国政府呼吁国际社会帮助其开展对四面佛神庙(Erawan shrine)爆炸案的调查。至少20人在这次爆炸事件中丧生。警方表示，可能有至少10个人参与了这一事件，并曾提前一个月策划此事。
The government called on Thursday for international help in probing the attack at the Erawan shrine, which left 20 dead and which police say probably involved 10 or more people and was planned a month in advance.
自周一爆炸以来，虽然缺乏强有力的证据，泰国官方还是发表了一系列大胆声明。不过，有关主要嫌犯和几个可能共谋者的监控视屏，则是重要的例外。
The latest flurry of bold official statements comes despite a dearth of hard evidence since Monday’s bombing, with the important exception of security camera footage of the prime suspect and several possible accomplices.
在连日来的第二次专题电视广播中，对于泰国已成为某个知名外国恐怖组织新的前线的说法，军方发言人文泰苏瓦里(Winthai Suvaree)上校做了淡化处理。
In his second special television broadcast in as many days, Col Winthai Suvaree, a junta spokesman, played down the idea that Thailand had become a new front for a known foreign terrorist group.