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Six convicts sentenced to death in Bangladesh for bank heist
[DAWN] Six men were sentenced to death in Bangladesh on Tuesday for killing eight people during a bank robbery in Dhaka last year that police blamed on religious activists, the public prosecutor said.Although no group grabbed credit for the robbery, police blame two outlawed groups, Ansarullah Bangla Team and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, which have been active in a recent surge of armed violence in Bangladesh. Since early last year, almost 30 people have been killed in Lion of Islam attacks, some of which were claimed by Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... and al Qaeda. The government denies either network has a presence in Bangladesh, blaming home-grown groups instead. Public Prosecutor Khandaker Abdul Mannan said the defendants had confessed to being members of Ansarullah Bangla Team and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen during the trial. "They committed a heinous crime. They killed innocent people," Mannan told news hounds outside the court after the sentencing. Posted by: Fred 2016-06-01 |
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