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| Thirteen Islamic militants given life term in Bangladesh |
| 2006-05-16 |
| Dhaka - A special court in northern Bangladesh handed down life imprisonment terms to 13 Islamic militants for their involvement in a series of bomb attacks less than a year ago, officials said Monday. All the convicted men are members of the banned Islamic militant group, Jamiatul Mujahideen, which has been blamed for orchestrated blasts across the country on August 17, 2005. Meanwhile in Rajshahi, northern Bangladesh, judge Aminul Islam acquitted 14 others for their role in explosions that killed at least six people dead and injured scores owing to lack of evidence in a verdict announced late Sunday. Four of the convicted were sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia, public prosecutor Ketab Uddin said. The simultaneous terrorist attacks were staged in more than 400 locations across Bangladesh and in Dhaka. The top leaders of the Jamiatul Mujahideen, including its founder and spiritual chief Shaekh Abdur Rahman, and several hundred militant activists were jailed for sedition and the killing of civilians - offences that carry the death penalty in Bangladesh. The militant outfit vowed to set up a hardline Islamic state in predominantly Muslim Bangladesh. In a related development, security forces in the western frontier town of Jhenidah arrested four suspected Mujahideen activists and seized about seven kilogrammes of chemicals used for making bombs, the daily Ittefaq reported Monday. Police said a huge cache of printed publicity material was also seized, the report quoted them as saying. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 They'll be out on the next Big Poobah's birthday. "Get out of jail free" cards seem a dime a dozen. |
| Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-05-16 18:36 |