Killing
A record of the July 1, 2016 hostage attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan, Dhaka, which killed 20 civilians and two police officers, together with the subsequent terrorism proceedings.
bdnews24 and BSS reported that five Neo-JMB-linked attackers stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan on the night of July 1, 2016, killing 20 civilians and two police officers during an approximately 12-hour hostage siege. Operation Thunderbolt killed the five attackers and rescued 13 hostages. In 2019, the Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal convicted seven of eight accused and sentenced them to death, while acquitting one. In 2023, the High Court reduced the seven sentences to imprisonment until death; a 2026 report says leave-to-appeal petitions remain pending before the Appellate Division.
The Daily Star · 27 Nov 2019
The Daily Star reported that the Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal found seven of eight accused guilty over the 2016 attack, which killed 20 hostages and two police officers, and sentenced the seven to death.
BSS · 18 Jun 2025
BSS reported that the High Court reduced seven death sentences to imprisonment until death, identified the seven convicts, and recorded the acquittal of one accused in the Holey Artisan case.
bdnews24.com · 1 Jul 2026
bdnews24 reported that leave-to-appeal petitions challenging the High Court's imprisonment-until-death sentences remain pending before the Appellate Division.