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  Japan court sentences man to death for 2019 arson attack at anime studio that killed 36

  World | January 25, 2024 14:51 IST

  Shinji Aoba stormed into Kyoto Animation's No. 1 studio and set it ablaze in 2019, resulting in the deaths of more than half of the 70-person workforce present there. He reportedly sought revenge after thinking that the studio plagiarised novels he submitted in a contest.

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  Man who plotted to kill Barack Obama sentenced to death

  World | May 14, 2014 14:25 IST

  Sioux Falls: A judge has formally sentenced a man to death for killing a woman as part of what he said was a plot to assassinate President Barack Obama. The hearing on Tuesday formalised the

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  Pune bus rampage: Driver again sentenced to death

  India | December 12, 2013 7:31 IST

  Pune:  A local court yesterday again awarded death sentence to Santosh Mane, who had gone on a rampage while driving a State Transport bus, leaving nine people dead and 37 injured.Mane had been awarded death

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  Two non-resident Bangladeshis sentenced to death

  World | November 03, 2013 14:45 IST

  Dhaka: A tribunal in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Sunday handed down the death penalty to two non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) in absentia for crimes against humanity committed during the country's war of independence in 1971.The International

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  Jamaat stalwart sentenced to death for Bangladesh 1971 war crimes

  World | May 09, 2013 14:13 IST

  Dhaka, May 9: A special Bangladeshi tribunal today handed down death penalty to fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami stalwart Muhammad Quamaruzzaman for “crimes against humanity” he committed during 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.  “He will be hanged by

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  Christian Woman Sentenced To Death In Pakistan For Blasphemy

  World | November 10, 2010 20:39 IST

  A Christian woman has been sentenced to death in Pakistan after being convicted of defaming Prophet Mohammed, reports Daily Telegraph, London.  Asia Bibi, a 45-year-old mother-of-five, denies blasphemy and told investigators that she was being