7 militants get death penalty over 2016 Bangladesh cafe attack

DHAKA - A Bangladesh special tribunal on Wednesday sentenced seven militants to death for their roles in a July 2016 attack on a cafe in Dhaka that killed 22 people, including seven Japanese, after a year-long trial.In delivering the judgement, Judge Md. Majibur Rahman of the Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal ordered the convicts to be hanged until their death.The tribunal acquitted another defendant charged over the attack, which also killed nine Italians, one Indian, one Bangladeshi-American and four Bangladeshis, including two policemen.The eight had pleaded not guilty, with the defense c…READ FULL ARTICLE