It is the first time a sentence has been handed down for that charge, according to the report. The 26-year-old received a non-parole period of 31 years and six months, which means she will be eligible for parole in 2049. Shoma had been granted a scholarship to study at La Trobe University, but Supreme Court Justice Lesley Taylor said Shoma's only intention in coming to Australia was to carry out the "chilling" terrorist attack, according to the report. Counterterrorism police in Bangladesh arrested her sister Asmaul Husna Sumona, 22, in Dhaka five days after Shoma was arrested after the attack in February last year. Middle East-based radical group Islamic State claimed responsibilities for the Gulshan attack, in which 17 foreigners and five others were killed, but the authorities blame home-grown militants for the massacre.

Source: bd News24 June 05, 2019 19:52 UTC