Death sentence for 14 Islamic militants for making an attempt to kill Bangladesh PM Hasina in 2000

A Bangladeshi courtroom on Tuesday handed down loss of life sentence to 14 Islamist militants for making an attempt to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her southwestern constituency in 2000. “The verdict will be executed by a firing squad to set an example, unless the law barred it,” Judge Abu Zafar Md Kamruzzaman of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial tribunal-1 pronounced the decision as 9 of them have been dropped at the courtroom from jail to face the trial in particular person.
Otherwise, the convicts might be hanged according to prevailing apply, topic to the approval of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court following necessary evaluate of loss of life sentences underneath Bangladesh legislation, the decide mentioned. All the convicts are operatives of outlawed Harkatul Jihad Bangladesh (HuJI-B). The relaxation 5 convicts are on the run and have been tried in absentia and defended by state-appointed attorneys according to the legislation.
The decide ordered the decision to be executed after their arrest or give up. The HuJI-B operatives had planted a 76 kilogramme bomb close to a floor at Kotalipara space of southwestern Gopalganj on July 21, 2000 the place Hasina was supposed to deal with an election rally.