KU bombers sentenced to 14 years imprisonment

Published March 19, 2015
A case had been registered against Umair aka Chota and Hafeezullah for planting a bomb in Karachi University  on December 28, 2010 which exploded wounding at least four students.  - Reuters/file
A case had been registered against Umair aka Chota and Hafeezullah for planting a bomb in Karachi University on December 28, 2010 which exploded wounding at least four students. - Reuters/file

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi sentenced two men accused of involvement in a 2010 bomb attack at Karachi University to 14 years imprisonment.

The ATC, which conducted the trial in Karachi's Central Jail, had earlier reserved its verdict over the case.

A case had been registered against Umair aka Chota and Hafeezullah for planting a bomb in Karachi University on December 28, 2010 which exploded wounding at least four students.

Read: Four students hurt in Karachi University explosion

The court found both the accused guilty and sentenced them to 14 years imprisonment each.

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