A Bangladeshi court on Thursday upheld the death sentences of six of the ten militants of the outlawed JMB convicted in the 2005 twin bombings at a court premises in which eight people, including four lawyers, were killed.
After hearing the death references and appeals, the High Court upheld the death sentences for six and ordered life in prison for two and acquitted two others.
In 2013, Dhaka’s Fast-track Trial Tribunal sentenced all of them to death in the twin blasts at the Gazipur Bar Association’s auditorium. Deputy Attorney General Sheikh AKM Moniruzzaman Kabir told reporters.