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Thai court sentences two men to death for 2015 Bangkok bombing

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A Thai court on June 22 sentenced two men of Uyghur origin to death for their roles in the 2015 bombing at Bangkok's Erawan shrine, the deadliest attack in the country's history, which killed 20 people and injured over 100. The defendants, Yusufu Mieraili and Bilal Mohammed, denied the charges, and the trial was delayed for nearly a decade by the pandemic and interpreter shortages.

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On June 22, a Thai court delivered a long-awaited verdict, convicting two men of Uyghur origin of premeditated murder and attempted murder in connection with the bombing at the Erawan shrine in central Bangkok on August 17, 2015. The attack was the deadliest bombing in Thai history, killing 20 people and injuring over 100.

A member of the four-judge panel said: “The defendants committed a single act that violated multiple laws. Therefore, the court imposes the harshest penalty provided by law, which is the death penalty.”

The two defendants, Yusufu Mieraili and Bilal Mohammed, denied the charges against them. The trial stretched nearly a decade due to delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and difficulties in finding interpreters for the horrific attack.

Many Chinese tourists were among the dead when the explosive – apparently hidden in a backpack – detonated at the Hindu Erawan shrine, a popular tourist attraction.