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Bangladeshi court upholds death penalty for six militants for 2005 deadly court bombings

Xinhua, July 28, 2016 Adjust font size:

A High Court Division Bench in Bangladesh has upheld death sentence for six militants for 2005 deadly bombings at a court in Gazipur district adjacent to capital Dhaka leaving eight people including four lawyers dead.

The High Court division bench on Thursday delivered the verdict giving the death sentence to six militants -- Enayet Ullah, Arifur Rahman, Saidur Rahman Munsi,Abdullah Al Sohain, Nizam Uddin Reza, Taibur Rahman Hassan, affiliated with the banned outfits Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).

After hearing the death references and defendants' appeal, the bench also ordered life in prison for two and acquitted two others from the charges laid against them.

According to case details, the gang detonated bombs at a Bar Association office at the Gazipur court premises on Nov. 29, 2005, after entering the building in a lawyer's gown.

The blasts had left the association's General Secretary Amzad Hossain, lawyers Golam Faruque, Nurul Huda and Anwarul Azim and four of their clients dead.

A speedy trial tribunal in June 2013 sentenced to death 10 JMB operatives including Enayet Ullah, Arifur Rahman, Saidur Rahman Munsi,Abdullah Al Sohain, Nizam Uddin Reza and Taibur Rahman Hassan.

JMB, campaigning for establishment of Islamic rule in Bangladesh, carried out a series of bombing attacks in 63 out of the country's 64 districts, including capital Dhaka on Aug. 17, 2005, leaving two people dead and 150 others injured.

Hundreds of JMB leaders and activists were rounded up while six top leaders of the group, including Shaikh Abdur Rahman, were hanged in 2007. Endit