Indian court sentences 38 to death for fatal 2008 bombings

Agencies | New Delhi

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A court in India on Friday sentenced to death 38 people for a series of bomb blasts in 2008 that left more than 50 dead and 200 wounded in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state.

It was the first time that so many accused have received the death sentence in a single case in India, reports AP.

The sentence must be confirmed by a higher court. Judge A. R. Patel also sentenced 11 people to life imprisonment in the case in which more than a dozen bombs went off in several parts of Ahmedabad.

The attacks occurred in two waves with explosive devices hidden in lunchboxes and bicycles.

The first blast took place near crowded busy shopping centres in Ahmedabad and the second about 20 minutes later in and around hospitals where casualties were being taken.

The trial was concluded in September.