Staff Reporter : An anti-terrorism tribunal in Dhaka on Wednesday ruled that seven living suspects to die for the killings of 22 people in the worst terror attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan diplomatic zone in the capital on July 1, 2016.
With huge presence of people in the courtroom, judge Mojibur Rahman delivered the verdict.
The convicts are Jahangir Hossain alias Rajib Gandhi, Rakibul Hasan Regan, Aslam Hossain alias Rashedul Islam alias Rash, Abdus Sabur Khan alias Soheil Mahfuz, Hadisur Rahman Sagar, Shariful Islam Khaled alias Khalid and Mamunur Rashid Ripon – were in the court to hear their death penalty.
The other suspect in the case, Mizanur Rahman alias Boro Mizan, has been acquitted.
The convicts have shown no regrets even after given their death verdict in the court.
They are top leaders of a revived faction of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh or Neo-JMB, according to police.
The suicide attack on Holey Artisan Bakery, by a group of young Islamist militants was carried out amid a surge in extremism across the wrld.
The worst terror attack forced Bangladesh, built on secular ideals, to divert huge resources and efforts to tackle terrorism.
The attack also revealed how the modern educated young people from rich families are join militancy.
