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news Scmp World 2026-06-11

Thai Court Sentences Two Chinese Uyghur Men to Death for 2015 Bangkok Bombing

A Thai court has sentenced two ethnic Chinese Uyghur men to death for the 2015 Erawan shrine bombing in Bangkok, which killed 20 people. The attack also injured over 100 others.


A Thai court on Thursday sentenced two ethnic Chinese Uygur men to death for the 2015 bombing of Bangkokโ€™s Erawan shrine. The worst attack on the city in recent history killed 20, including tourists from China, Malaysia and Singapore. The men, Bilal Mohammed, 41, and Yusufu Mieraili, 36, were arrested in a manhunt that followed the August 17, 2015 bombing which brought carnage to the heart of Bangkok at rush hour. โ€œThe defendants committed a single act that violated multiple laws. The court...

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