Lagatar24 Desk
Ahmedabad, Feb 18: A special court in Gujarat on Friday sentenced 38 of 49 convicts to death in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case. Eleven others were given life imprisonment until death.
#UPDATE | 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blast case: 11 convicts have been sentenced to life imprisonment.
— ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2022
On July 26, 2008, a succession of bomb bombings wreaked havoc on Ahmedabad, killing 56 people and injuring over 200 others. Harkat-ul-Jihand-al-Islami, an Islamic terrorist group, claimed responsibility for the attack. In a span of 70 minutes, the group detonated 21 bombs across the city. The bombings also targeted the Ahmedabad civil hospital. The attack was purportedly carried out in retaliation for rioting in Godhra, Gujarat, in 2002, which resulted in the deaths of several members of the minority group.
