About 100 commando police raided 18 areas in Bangkok and other central provinces Saturday morning and detained 15 military officers and some civilians for questioning regarding the Bangkok bomb attacks on New Year's Eve, police said.

Police sources was quoted by web edition of local newspaper the Nation as saying that the 15 persons were not charged yet but were detained under the martial law.

Police invoked the martial law which empowered authorities to detain suspects without placing charges against them for seven days.

The suspects were taken to the Crime Suppression Division for questioning.

Police also seized bank accounts and mobile phones of the suspects for checking.

Source: Xinhua