Overview
- A four-judge panel in Bangkok found Bilal Mohammed and Yusufu Mieraili guilty and handed down death sentences on Thursday, June 11, 2026, and both men said they will appeal within one month.
- Prosecutors told the court the pair were linked to the Erawan Shrine blast by video footage, fingerprints and materials recovered at a Bangkok address while police said one suspect was arrested later in Cambodia.
- The defendants have denied the charges and alleged they were mistreated in custody but the judges said they found no evidence of torture and rejected claims that confessions were coerced.
- The August 17, 2015 bombing killed 20 people and wounded about 120 others, including tourists from China, Singapore and Hong Kong, and remains Thailand’s deadliest recent attack on a tourist site.
- Major questions remain about a wider network and motive because authorities named up to 17 suspects early in the probe, and analysts note the attack occurred weeks after Thailand’s forced repatriation of Uyghurs which drew international criticism.