‘I’m not a terrorist’: Australian actor mistakenly identified as Bangkok bomber

“I’m nobody in Australia, but in Thailand I shot a movie and the fan club came to me and said: ‘Sunny, people think you are a terrorist,'” he said. “I almost died, I am still in shock and really saddened,” Burns told Sunrise, an Australian news show.

Burns also took to Instagram to share selfies and to explain that he was cooperating with police in the investigation.

“Talking with the police. I forgive everyone who spread those horrible rumours about me. I love this country and let’s fight together,” he wrote.

CCTV cameras had captured a man who was seen dumping a backpack and then walking away shortly before the blast which took place at the popular Erawan shrine in the heart of Bangkok. Investigators are currently looking for the man and his chief accomplices. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.