India: 11 Muslims face death sentence for church bombings in 2000
December 01, 2008
A trial court in Bangalore, India, has handed out death sentences to 11 Muslims who had been charged with carrying out blasts in several churches in different cities of the Andhra Pradesh, Goa, and Karnataka states in 2000. The bombings by the Deendar Anjuman Muslim sect were apparently planned to discredit Hindu extremists, who at the time were under fire for widespread anti-Christian violence in India. No one was seriously hurt in the blasts of May-July 2000 except two of the sect members who were killed when a bomb accidentally detonated. Pointing out that the accused committed "heinous crimes against humanity and the country," the Indian trial court handed out death sentences to 11 of those charged, while 12 others were sentenced to life imprisonment.
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