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BANGKOK (Reuters) Thai police cannot find 15 suspects in connection with a bomb at a shrine in Bangkok canada goose black friday sale last year that killed 20 people, an officer said on Wednesday, as two ethnic Uighur Canada Goose Online Muslims from China accused of involvement appeared in a military court.
Suspects of last year’s Bangkok blast Bilal Mohammed (L) (also known as Adem Karadag) and Yusufu Mieraili are escorted by prison officers canada goose uk outlet as they arrive at the military court in Bangkok, Thailand, April canada goose clearance sale 20, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
No group claimed responsibility for the Aug. 17 blast at the Erawan Shrine, a central tourist spot popular with visitors from China and elsewhere in cheap Canada Goose Asia. Five of the dead were from China and two from Hong Kong. More than 120 people canada goose store were wounded.
Analysts, diplomats and even officials suspected the attack was linked to Uighur sympathisers angered by Thailand deportation of Canada Goose Parka more than 100 Uighurs to China the previous month.
But police ruled out and said the attack canada goose coats was retaliation for a crackdown on Canada Goose Jackets human smuggling.
The two suspects who were arrested Yusufu Mieraili buy canada goose jacket and Adem Karadag are Uighur Muslims, a canadian goose jacket minority from western China who speak a Turkic language. They have denied all charges.
Police have issued arrest warrants for 15 other people,eight of whom are thought to be either Turkish or in Turkey, according to the cheap canada goose uk warrants and Canada Goose Coats On Sale police statements.
don know where they are, deputypolicespokesman Major GeneralSongpolWattanachai told Reuters. perpetrators have done their utmost to escape.
Shaven headed and barefoot, Mieraili and Karadag who is also known as uk canada goose Bilal Mohammed were led in handcuffs and leg shackles into a cramped court in canada goose uk shop Bangkok old city.
Mieraili canada goose coats on sale spoke briefly to Reuters saying uk canada goose outlet he expected the trial would take very long time The men had marks on their foreheads which Mieraili said came from coming into contact with the floor during prayer.
Three judges heard evidence laid out in 25 thick files on a table beneath them. There was no jury.
The defendants lawyers said more than 500 witnesses could be canada goose clearance called for the prosecution and defence, and that the high profile trial Canada Goose online could last a year or more.
Proceedings were laboriously translated through two interpreters from Thai to English to canada goose uk black friday the Uighur language.
Police say Karadag was the buy canada goose jacket cheap man caught on CCTV footage at https://www.expeditionparkaoutlets.ca the shrine, sitting on bench, Canada Goose sale slipping off a bulky back pack and walking away, just before the blast.
Most Uighurs live in China violence plagued Xinjiang region, where exiles and human rights groups say Uighurs chafe under government policies that restrict their culture and religion.
China denies this and blames Islamist militants for canada goose the rising violence.
Thai National Security Council secretary Anusit Kunakorn said on Wednesday canada goose factory sale Thailand had received a security warning from Canada Goose Outlet Singapore about three Uighurs who had entered Thailand.
He did not give details.
On April 9, Thailand stepped up security because two Chinese Uighur men linked to terror groups had overnighted on the resort island of Phuket, police said. They were later arrested in Indonesia.
Additional reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat and Aukkarapon Niyomyat in BANGKOK; Editing by Robert Birsel.