BANGKOK — 2015 · Major Tragedy

The Erawan Shrine Bombing

Under InvestigationSources: ALast updated: 14 October 2026

At 18:55 on 17 August 2015 a bomb exploded at the Erawan Shrine, a site heavily visited by tourists at the Ratchaprasong intersection in central Bangkok. The device had been placed in a backpack left under a bench inside the shrine. The attack killed 20 people and injured 125; many of the dead were foreign visitors from places such as China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia. The next day a second device exploded at a nearby pier, causing no deaths. Using CCTV footage, police detained two foreign suspects in the following weeks. Their trial in a military court lasted for years. It was one of the deadliest attacks ever in the Thai capital.

Date: 2015
Place: Ratchaprasong, Thailand, Bangkok, TH
Category: Major Tragedy
Case Status: Under Investigation
Coordinates: 13.7445, 100.5404 ↗

Timeline of Events

17 August 2015A bomb exploded at the Erawan Shrine; 20 died and 125 were injured.
18 August 2015A second device exploded at a nearby pier; no one died.

August–September 2015Police detained two foreign suspects.
After 2016The trial of the defendants dragged on for years.

Sources

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