Bangladesh court sentences 5 to death for killing Japanese citizen

Record ID: 335858

  • Title: Bangladesh court sentences 5 to death for killing Japanese citizen
  • Date: 28th February 2017
  • Summary: RANGPUR, BANGLADESH (FILE-OCTOBER 2015) (REUTERS) CRIME SCENE VARIOUS POLICEMEN AT THE SITE VARIOUS POLICE TALKING TO LOCALS SECURITY GUARDING THE SITE MORE OF POLICE INVESTIGATING MORE OF POLICEMEN AT THE SITE OF KILLING VILLAGERS LOOKING ON OFFICIAL VEHICLES PARKED NEAR THE SITE
  • Embargoed: 14th March 2017 09:40
  • Keywords: court japanese murder death sentence militants
  • Location: No-Data-Available
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  • Country: Bangladesh
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA00265FOZET
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A Bangladesh court handed down the death sentence to five Islamist militants on Tuesday (February 28) who were found guilty of killing a Japanese citizen, court officials said.
    Kunio Hoshi, 65, was gunned down in October 2015 by masked men on a motorcycle on his way to visit a grass farm project in the northern district of Rangpur.
    The killing came less than a week after an Italian aid worker had been killed in a similar fashion in Dhaka's diplomatic quarter.
    Public prosecutor Rathish Chandra Bhawmik said the five had conspired to kill Hoshi to destabilize the government and the country. Police said the accused were members of the banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh.
    Abul Hossain, the lawyer who defended the accused, said he would appeal.
    "We are not satisfied with this judgement and we will go to the Supreme Court after getting full copy of the verdicts," he said.
    The court also acquitted one defendant, as charges against him could not be proved.
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