The Speedy Trial Tribunal on February
16
sentenced
three
militants
of
the
Jama'atul
Mujahideen
Bangladesh
(JMB)
to
death
on
charges
of
killing
eight
people,
including
two
leaders
of
the
cultural
group
Udichi,
by
carrying
out
suicide
bomb
attacks
at
the
Udichi
and
Shata
Dal
Shilpi
Goshthi
offices
in
Netrakona
in
December
2005,
reports
Daily
Star.
The
convicts
were
identified
as
Salahuddin
alias
Saleheen,
Asaduzzaman
Chowdhury
alias
Panir
and
Yunus
Ali.
Yunus
Ali
was
tried
in
absentia
as
he
is
yet
to
be
arrested.
The
court
acquitted
Fahima
alias
Farzana
as
her
involvement
with
the
killings
was
not
proved.
According
to
the
prosecution,
on
December 6, 2005, the convicts made plans
for
the
suicide
bomb
attacks
during
a
meeting
held
secretly
at
Acua
in
the
Mymensingh
town.
A
person
identified
as
Arid
alias
Kafi
assembled
the
explosives
that
were
used
during
the
attack.
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