Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A Dhaka, Bangladesh, court sentenced 19 people to death Wednesday -- including prominent opposition party members -- for a grenade attack that killed two dozen people years ago.
Among those convicted and scheduled to hang are former Home Affairs Minister Lutfuzzaman Babar and former Deputy Education Minister Abdus Salam Pintu. Each is a member of the BNP party, which was in power when the attack occurred in 2004. Authorities said it was an assassination attempt against Prime Minister and Awami League Party leader Sheikh Hamina.