Thai court sentences 2 Chinese Uygur men to death for 2015 Bangkok shrine bombing (opens in new tab)

A Thai court on Thursday sentenced two ethnic Chinese Uygur men to death for the 2015 bombing of Bangkok’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. “The defendants committed a single act that violated multiple laws. The court...