The trial for the two suspects accused of bombing the Erawan shrine in Bangkok is set to resume. The bombing, which occurred in 2015, killed 20 people.
However, some analysts suspect the bombing was the work of Uyghur separatists angry that Thailand in July that year forcibly repatriated scores of Uyghurs to China. The shrine's popularity among Chinese tourists appeared to support the theory that the bombing had a political element.
The defendants, Mieraili Yusufu and Bilal Mohammad, pleaded not guilty when the trial began in 2016 and said they suffered mistreatment and torture in jail after their arrests. Police said they believe Yusufu detonated the bomb minutes after a backpack containing the device was left at the shrine by Mohammad.
Flower vendors sit outside Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug. 3, 2021. The trial for the two suspects accused of bombing the Erawan shrine in 2015 has resumed. The last session of their trial, which was delayed repeatedly by difficulties in finding suitable translators, was in 2019, said Chuchart Kanpai, a lawyer for Mohammad. The case was then transferred from a military court that previously had jurisdiction to the civilian Bangkok Southern Criminal Court after a return to elected civilian rule following a military coup.
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