A court in northern Bangladesh on Tuesday sentenced five members of a banned Islamic group to life in prison for their involvement in a series of bombings five years ago.
The judge said the men, members of Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh aged between 22 and 28, were part of a nationwide terror campaign.
The five were found guilty of involvement in bombings at five places in Bogra district on Aug. 17, 2005, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of the capital Dhaka, which caused few casualties but shook Muslim-majority Bangladesh, which has been largely spared violent Islamic militancy.
Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh later launched a series of …
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