The High Court today (October 30) commuted the death sentence of seven convicts to imprisonment until death in the Holey Artisan Bakery Attack case.

The bench of Justice Shahidul Karim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman pronounced the verdict on Monday, according to local news portals

The convicts are - Jahangir Hossain, Aslam Hossain Rash, Hadisur Rahman, Rakibul Hasan Regan, Md Abdus Sabur Khan, Shariful Islam Khaled, and Mamunur Rashid Ripon.

On 27 November 2019, an Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal in Dhaka sentenced seven members of the banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh to death for their involvement in the attack on the restaurant in the capital. 

The court, however, acquitted one accused.

On July 1, 2016, five militants with firearms, machetes, and grenades stormed the upscale eatery in the diplomatic zone in Gulshan and held the diners hostage before killing three Bangladeshis, seven Japanese, nine Italians, and one Indian national.

The militants were killed during a rescue operation by army commandos. Two police officials and a chef of the café were also killed during the 12-hour standoff. On November 27, 2019, the Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal in Dhaka convicted and sentenced seven militants to death for their involvement in the attack.

They filed separate appeals with the HC challenging the tribunal verdict.

BDST: 1225 HRS, OCT 30, 2023
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