Bangladesh’s High Court on Monday commuted the death sentences of seven Islamic militants to life in prison for their role in a 2016 attack on a cafe in the capital, Dhaka, that killed more than 20 people, mostly foreigners. A special anti-terrorism tribunal in 2019 sentenced the seven members of a banned militant group to death in the attack that triggered a major crackdown on extremists.
He said that the High Court found that the men were guilty of hatching conspiracy, provoking and abetting the militants who directly took part in the attack. The attack on the cafe began after the militants took hostages, opened fire and exploded bombs. Twenty hostages were killed, including 17 from Japan, Italy and India, after a 12-hour standoff. Investigators said that 21 people, including five gunmen who were killed by security forces at the cafe, were involved in the attack.
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