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The attack on the popular tourist attraction in central Bangkok killed 20 people and injured around 120 more.
The Erawan Shrine in Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong district, as seen during a political protest on Oct. 15, 2020.
A Thai court yesterday sentenced two ethnic Uyghur men to death for their role in a bombing in central Bangkok that killed 20 people more than a decade ago.
The sentence was handed down after Yusufu Mieraili and Bilal Mohammed (aka Adem Karadag), both Chinese nationals, were found guilty of premeditated and attempted murder for their role in the August 2015 bombing of the Erawan Shrine in the busy Ratchaprasong district.
