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Dhaka, Feb 16 (EFE/EPA).- A court in Bangladesh on Tuesday awarded death sentence to five members of a banned Islamist outfit, linked to the al Qaeda terror group, and life imprisonment to one for killing a liberal writer and blogger in 2015.Judge Mojibur Rahman of the Dhaka Anti-Terrorism Tribunal also imposed a fine of 50,000 taka (around $600) to each of those found guilty of killing the Bangladeshi-American Avijit Roy, prosecutor Golam Sharuar Khan told EFE.Shafiur Rahman Farabi, who escaped the death sentence, will have to serve another two years in jail unless if he did not pay the fine. (Camera: MONIRUL ALAM).SHOT LIST: POLICE OFFICERS STAND GUARD DURING A TRIAL OF THE ACCUSED MURDERERS OF BLOGGER-WRITER AVIJIT ROY IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH.
Dhaka, Feb 10 (EFE/EPA).- A Bangladesh court on Wednesday awarded death sentence to eight members of a banned Al Qaeda-linked Islamist outfit for the 2015 killing of a publisher who worked with atheist writers and published secular books.Judge Mojibur Rahman of the Dhaka Anti-Terrorism Tribunal fined each convict 50,000 takas (approximately $600) for the murder of Faisal Arefin Dipan, a prosecutor Golam Sharuar Khan told EFE.The convicts belonged to the Ansar al Islam extremist group. (Camera: MONIRUL ALAM).SHOT LIST: ONE OF THE ACCUSED IN THE 2015 MURDER OF PUBLISHER FOISAL AREFIN DIPON IS ESCORTED TO COURT WEARING A POLICE HELMET AND A BULLETPROOF VEST, IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH.
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