A fast-track court in Khulna Wednesday sentenced eight men to death for killing an Army personnel in 2016.

Khulna Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal judge Md Nazrul Islam Hawlader handed down the punishment to the eight after holding them guilty of Lance Corporal Saiful Islam Saif's murder. 

While five of the convicts were present in the court, the remaining three were tried in absentia, said Public Prosecutor Ahaduzzaman.

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On August 18, 2018, the eight attacked  Lance Corporal Saiful, his younger brother  Md Monirul Islam, a Coast Guard personnel, and another person im Beltalardari while the three were travelling to Bankira on a bike.

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Lance Corporal Saiful, son of Md Hafiz Uddin, a resident of Jhenaidah, was killed in the attack. He was posted at Ghatail Army Medical Training Center in Tangail district.