JHALAKATHI (Bangladesh), May 29: A court on Monday sentenced seven militants to death for their role in the slayings of two judges in a bomb attack last year in southern Bangladesh, court officials said.

Judge Reza Tarique Ahmed delivered the verdict in a crowded courtroom in southern Jhalakathi town, where the two judges were killed on Nov 14.

The attack was blamed on the outlawed militant groups Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh.—AP