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5 JMB men get death penalty in Navy Mosque blast case

News Desk | banglanews24.com
Update: 2022-08-17 13:02:04
5 JMB men get death penalty in Navy Mosque blast case

A Chattogram tribunal has sentenced five members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death for exploding bombs at two mosques inside Bangladesh Navy's Issa Khan base in Chattogram.

Judge Abdul Halim of the Chattogram Anti-Terrorism Tribunal delivered the verdict in the case on Wednesday (Aug 16).

The death-row convicts are M Sakhawat Hossain, Abdul Mannan, Ramzan Ali, Babul Rahman aka Rony, and Abdul Gaffar.

Of the convicts, Sakhawat remain absconding since the incident.

On December 18, 2015, at least 24 people, mostly civilians, were injured in two incidents of explosions at two mosques inside the Bangladesh Navy's Issa Khan Base. 

BDST: 1301 HRS, AUG 16, 2022
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