Bangladeshi court sentences 10 to death for plot to kill Premier Hasina

‘A court in Bangladesh has sentenced ten militants to death over a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is in her third term.
Prosecutor Shamsul Haq Badol said in the capital Dhaka on Sunday that the sentence was death by firing squad.
The defendants were convicted of planting a huge explosive near where Hasina had been scheduled to speak during her first term in 2000.
“The bomb was planted in an attempt to kill Sheikh Hasina, high-ranking leaders of the (ruling) Awami League party and dignitaries,” media outlets quoted Badol as saying.
The prosecutor also stated that another large explosive was found three days later at a helipad where Hasina’s helicopter was scheduled to land.
The 76-kilogram explosive was detected and defused. The incident sparked a manhunt for the perpetrators.’
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