Bangladesh court sentences seven militants to death for 2016 cafe attack

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The brazen assault in July 2016 saw young men armed with assault rifles and machetes lay siege to the cafe in Dhaka's well-heeled Gulshan neighbourhood.

Masuda Begum, mother of a worker of Holey Artisan bakery café who died in hospital days after the attack, holds a photo of her son on the third anniversary. Image: MD Mehedi Hasan/Zuma Press/PA Images Masuda Begum, mother of a worker of Holey Artisan bakery café who died in hospital days after the attack, holds a photo of her son on the third anniversary.

“Seven of the accused have been convicted and sentenced to death. One accused has been acquitted,” Dhaka’s chief prosecutor Abdullah Abu told reporters.

 

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