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India Mumbai blasts 1993: Two sentenced to death

AKIPRESS.COM - A court in the Indian city of Mumbai has sentenced two men to death for their role in bomb attacks in 1993, BBC reported.

The blasts, allegedly to avenge the killing of Muslims in riots, targeted a dozen sites and killed 257 people.

Firoz Khan and Tahir Merchant were convicted of criminal conspiracy and murder.

Abu Salem, who fled India after the bombings and was extradited from Portugal in 2005, received a life sentence, along with Karimulla Khan.

Another man, Riyaz Siddiqui, was sentenced to 10 years in jail.

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