SOLVEDListenErawan Shrine, Ratchaprasong intersection, Pathum Wan district, Bangkok, Thailand · 2015
A bomb exploded inside Bangkok's Erawan Shrine on 17 August 2015, killing 20 people and injuring 125, mostly tourists. Two Uyghur men were later charged; in 2026 both were convicted and sentenced to death.
Credit: Thairath newspaperPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenPhetchaburi Road area, Bangkok, Thailand · 1998
In January 1998, 23-year-old Bangkok medical student Jenjira Ployangunsri was shot and dismembered by her boyfriend, fellow medical student Serm Sakhonrat. The case became one of Thailand's most publicized crimes, pioneering the use of DNA forensics in a Thai criminal investigation, and ended with Serm's conviction and eventual release after a commuted sentence.
Credit: เดลินิวส์Public domainSourceSOLVEDListenIsraeli Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand · 1972
On 28 December 1972, four Black September militants seized the Israeli embassy in Bangkok and held six Israeli staff hostage for 19 hours before agreeing to fly to Egypt in exchange for releasing all hostages unharmed.
SOLVEDListenBangkok, Thailand (body found in Samut Prakan Province) · 1986
Sherry Ann Duncan, a 16-year-old student, was abducted and murdered in Bangkok in 1986. Four men were wrongly convicted and sentenced to death before being acquitted in 1995 after evidence emerged of false testimony and coerced confessions; two other men were later convicted of the actual murder.
The files run from 1972 to 2023. The 1970s hold the most, with 1 file. The oldest is Bangkok Israeli Embassy Hostage Crisis, from 1972.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (3), kidnapping and abduction cases (2) and mass shooting cases (1).
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Thairath headline Jenjira case — Credit: Thairath newspaperPublic domainSource
Bangkok Israeli embassy hostage crisis newspaper2 — Credit: เดลินิวส์Public domainSource
5. By status: 1 ongoing and 4 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Bangkok Israeli Embassy Hostage Crisis, from 1972. Open the file
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