Prisoners sentenced to death escaped from prison
2022.11.21 00:53
Prisoners sentenced to death escaped from prison
Budrigannews.com – Two Islamic extremists sentenced to death for killing an American blogger escaped from a crowded courtroom in Dhaka, Bangladesh on the weekend
Abhijit Roy, worked as an engineer, was hacked to death by a machete-wielding assailant while returning home in 2015. His wife, Rafida Bonya Ahmed, suffered a head injury and lost her thumb in her attack.
Five members of Islamist extremist groups were sentenced to death and one to life in prison last year.
Two of the executioners escaped on Sunday after motorcycles sprayed police with chemicals before taking prisoners, police said.
Interior Minister Asad-Zaman-Khan told reporters that “a large-scale search has been launched to catch them and their entourage,” while border guards were sent to detain the man fleeing the country. He added that he was cautious. .
Police also announced a bounty of Tk2 million (approximately $19,350) for tracking down the prisoners.
The prisoners belonged to the al-Qaeda-inspired domestic extremist group Ansar Ullah Bangla Team, and police say they were behind the murders of more than a dozen secular activists and bloggers.
Muslim-majority Bangladesh carried out a series of deadly attacks against bloggers, secular activists and religious minorities between 2013 and 2016, allegedly perpetrated by the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda allies. Sierra
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