A court in India has sentenced 38 people to death for their role in a series of bomb blasts in 2008 in the western state of Gujarat.
Fifty-seven people were killed and hundreds injured in the bombings, which took place in Ahmedabad, the commercial capital of Gujarat.
The court in Ahmedabad also sentenced 11 other convicts to life in prison until death.
The accused can challenge their sentences in a higher court.
On 26 July 2008, around 20 bombs exploded in the space of an hour across residential areas, market places, public transport and hospitals in Ahmedabad. Several unexploded bombs were also found.
The Indian Mujahideen – then an unknown Islamic militant group – had claimed responsibility for the attacks in an email sent to some media outlets.
