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Thai woman acquitted of 2015 Erawan Shrine bombing that killed 20
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Thai woman acquitted of 2015 Erawan Shrine bombing that killed 20

A Thai court on Thursday acquitted a woman of involvement in a 2015 bomb attack on a popular shrine in Bangkok that killed 20 people, most of them tourists.

Wanna Suansan was charged with complicity to murder, attempted murder and possession of an illegal explosive device for the explosion at the erawan shrine in the heart of Bangkok’s main shopping district.

The Bangkok court ruled there was insufficient evidence against the 36-year-old woman and acquitted her of all charges.

The main suspects in the attack, two Uygur men, are still on trial, although their case has dragged on for years.

Wanna, originally from the southern province of Phang-Nga, was accused of renting property and supplying chemicals to the attackers.

But Wanna was in Türkiye with her husband at the time of the explosion and the judge ruled that prosecutors had failed to prove any connection between her and the main suspects.