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Thailand: Workers found dead after being trapped for days in tunnel

Three workers who were trapped inside a collapsed railway tunnel have been found dead, despite rescue efforts that lasted over five days, Thai authorities announced.

According to the BBC, the men, two from China and one from Myanmar, were believed to be still alive until Thursday, August 29.

Thailand arrests second foreign suspect in Bangkok blast probe

Police hunting those responsible for Thailand's deadliest bombing arrested a second foreign suspect on Sept. 1, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said.

The Aug. 17 attack on a Bangkok Hindu shrine killed 20 people and injured more than 100. Fourteen foreigners were among those killed in a blast the military government said was aimed at dealing a blow to an already ailing economy. 

Turkish man charged in Thailand over Bangkok bombing

Thai authorities on Aug. 29 detained and charged a 28-year-old Turkish man over a bomb attack in Bangkok last week that killed 20 people and wounded scores more.

It is the first arrest in connection with the Aug. 17 bombing at the Erawan shrine in the capital's bustling downtown district, which killed mostly Asian visitors, in Thailand's worst single mass-casualty attack.

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