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Bangladesh sentences seven to death for 2016 cafe attack
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS NOVEMBER 27, 2019 / 2:06 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Bangladesh sentences seven to death for 2016 cafe attack
Ruma Paul
3 MIN READ
DHAKA (Reuters) - A Bangladesh court handed death sentences to seven members of an Islamist militant group on Wednesday for plotting an attack on a cafe in 2016 that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, in the south Asian nation’s worst such incident.
“Charges against them were proved beyond any doubt. The court gave them the highest punishment,” public prosecutor Golam Sarwar Khan told reporters after the verdict, amid tight security at the court in the capital, Dhaka.
One of the eight accused was acquitted, he added.
A defense lawyer said the convicted men would appeal.
After the ruling, they shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) and “We did nothing wrong” from the dock to a packed courtroom, witnesses said. Two wore prayer caps bearing the insignia of Islamic State.
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Bangladesh sentences seven to death for 2016 cafe attack
Ruma Paul
3 MIN READ
DHAKA (Reuters) - A Bangladesh court handed death sentences to seven members of an Islamist militant group on Wednesday for plotting an attack on a cafe in 2016 that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, in the south Asian nation’s worst such incident.
“Charges against them were proved beyond any doubt. The court gave them the highest punishment,” public prosecutor Golam Sarwar Khan told reporters after the verdict, amid tight security at the court in the capital, Dhaka.
One of the eight accused was acquitted, he added.
A defense lawyer said the convicted men would appeal.
After the ruling, they shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) and “We did nothing wrong” from the dock to a packed courtroom, witnesses said. Two wore prayer caps bearing the insignia of Islamic State.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bangladesh-attack-verdict/bangladesh-sentences-seven-to-death-for-2016-cafe-attack-idUSKBN1Y10JD