Thailand's first execution in nine years

NEWS: A 26-year-old man has been executed in Thailand, after being found guilty of murdering a 17-year-old boy - the first execution there in nine years.

A lethal injection table. Source: Ken Piorkowski, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Thailand has carried out its first execution in nine years, officials say.

Theerasak Longji, 26, was executed by lethal injection on Monday, after being found guilty of murdering a 17-year-old boy in 2012, according to Thailand's Correction Department.

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