India Court Sentences Mumbai Bombers to Death

The 2003 blasts at the Gateway of India landmark and a jewellery market caused carnage and shocked the nation. Photo by wtopnews.com

A court in India has sentenced to death three people for carrying out bombings that killed more than 50 people in Mumbai in 2003.

Haneef Sayyed, his wife Fahmeeda and Ashrat Ansari were convicted last month of murder and conspiracy, the BBC reported.

The blasts at the Gateway of India landmark and a jewellery market caused carnage and shocked the nation.

They were said to be in retaliation for the deaths of Muslims during riots in Gujarat state the year before.

Hundreds have been killed in attacks in Mumbai in recent years.

The three convicted bombers were found to have links to a Pakistan-based Islamic militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, which investigators believe was involved in the November 2008 attacks on Mumbai.

 

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