Bangkok, June 11 (EFE).- A Thai court on Thursday sentenced two Chinese Uyghur men to death over the 2015 bombing of a Hindu shrine in downtown Bangkok that killed 20 people and wounded more than 120.
The huge explosion, considered the deadliest terror attack in modern-day Thailand, tore through the Erawan Shrine and nearby traffic as the site was teeming with tourists and worshipers at one of the capital’s busiest intersections on the evening of Aug. 17, 2015.
Choochat Kanpai (L) and Chamroen Panompakakorn (R), Thai lawyers for Uyghur bombing suspects Bilal Mohammed (also known as Adem Karadag) and Yusufu Mieraili, greet the media after the court verdict hearing over the 2015 Erawan Shrine bomb attack at Bangkok South Criminal Court, in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 June 2026. EFE/EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
On Thursday, Bangkok South Criminal Court found Mohamed Bilal (also known as Adem Karadag) and Yusuf Mieraili guilty of multiple charges related to the planting and detonation of the bomb, including premeditated murder, which resulted in the death sentence.
“Both defendants shall be sentenced to death,” the court said in a statement.
