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The Latest on Thailand: Police say suspect's fingerprints match those on bomb material

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A young visitor makes an offering of flowers for Phra Phrom, the Thai interpretation of the Hindu god Brahma, at the Erawan Shrine, the scene of the Aug. 17 bombing, in Bangkok, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. Thai authorities arrested a man they believe is part of a group responsible for a deadly bombing at a shrine in central Bangkok two weeks ago, the prime minister announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) (The Associated Press)

In this image provided by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Thai authorities arrest a man they believe is part of a group responsible for a deadly bombing at a shrine in central Bangkok on Aug. 17, 2015. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha told reporters on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, that the man is a foreigner and was detained in eastern Thailand near the Cambodian border, one of several border crossings where authorities set up checkpoints after the bombing which killed 20 people, many of them foreign tourists, and injured more than 120. (National Council for Peace and Order via AP) (The Associated Press)

A visitor makes an offering for Phra Phrom, the Thai interpretation of the Hindu god Brahma at the Erawan Shrine, the scene of the Aug. 17 bombing, Bangkok, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. Thai authorities arrested a man they believe is part of a group responsible for a deadly bombing at a shrine in central Bangkok two weeks ago, the prime minister announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) (The Associated Press)

The latest on Thailand's bomb investigation (all times local):

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12:45 p.m.

Thai police say the fingerprints of a foreign man arrested at Thailand's border with Cambodia match those they found on a bottle containing bomb-making material.

The bottle was among many items seized during a raid Saturday of an apartment on the outskirts of Bangkok where another suspect was arrested as part of the investigation into the deadly Aug. 17 bombing at the Erawan shrine.

Both suspects are being interrogated by the military and have not yet been charged.

National police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said Wednesday that the man arrested at the border on Tuesday "is important and is related to or conspired with people" behind the bombing that killed 20 people and wounded more than 120.