BANGKOK (Reuters) – The United States Embassy in Bangkok on Friday issued a security alert for its citizens in Thailand, a day after the deportation of a group of Uyghurs to China.
“Similar deportations have prompted violent retaliatory attacks in the past,” a security alert posted on the embassy website said.
“Most notably, in the wake of a 2015 deportation of Uyghurs from Thailand, improvised explosive devices detonated at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok killing 20 people and injuring 125 others as this shrine is heavily visited by tourists from China,” it added.
Thailand is a major regional tourist destination, with the economy heavily dependent on the sector.
(Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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