Bangladesh court commutes militants' death sentences over 2016 attack

A Bangladesh high court on Monday commuted the death sentences of seven militants to life imprisonment for their roles in a 2016 attack on a cafe in Dhaka that killed 22 people, including seven Japanese.The members of an Islamic State-inspired local militant group were given the death penalty in a special tribunal in 2019, and the defense had appealed. Having not been at the Holey Artisan Bakery, the scene of the attack, they were instead indicted for financing it, among other charges.The defense said the court judged that the defendants were not directly involved in the attack while noting…READ FULL ARTICLE