On 17 August 2015, a bombing took place inside the
Erawan Shrine at the
Ratchaprasong intersection in
Pathum Wan District,
Bangkok, Thailand, killing 20 people and injuring 125. Surveillance footage showed a suspect leaving a backpack at the scene shortly before the explosion. , the suspect in the surveillance footage had not been arrested and no group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack. On 26 September, police announced that the primary suspect was in police custody.