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Published on August 17, 2016
Two people were killed and few others wounded as the outfit was believed to have carried out the attack only to announce its their emergence staging the explosions in 63 out of 64 administrative districts blasting 449 improvised bombs.
Police said 161 cases were lodged across the country against 660 JMB members and 103 of the cases were disposed so far in which 15 JMB members were handed down death penalty, 118 were given life imprisonment and 116 were sentenced to different terms and 118 were released.
Four of the JMB kingpins including its founder Shaikh Abdur Rahman and his second in command Siddiqul Islam Bangla Bhai were executed in 2007.
Awami League (AL) and Dhaka City of AL will observe today as the anti-terrorism and anti-militancy day staging different programmes.
The anniversary came as a massive anti-militancy security clampdown is underway across the country.
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