Indian Court Upholds Death Sentences Over 2008 Blasts

NEW DELHI, July 7 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- The High Court in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Tuesday upheld the death sentences of 38 people convicted over the 2008 bomb blasts that killed more than 50 people and injured nearly 200, reported Xinhua.

The court also upheld life imprisonment for 11 others.

A total of 21 bomb blasts struck 20 locations across the city of Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008, within a span of 70 minutes.

Police subsequently named more than 100 people as suspects.

However, the special court convicted 49 people and acquitted the rest.

-- BERNAMA-XINHUA 

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