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Burned out textile factory on the outskirts of Karachi (archive photo)
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Eight years after the fire in a Pakistani textile factory that left more than 250 dead, two men have been sentenced to death for arson.
The Reuters news agency and local media report unanimously.
According to the court, the cause of the fire was arson - and not an accident.
The Pakistani counter-terrorism court ruled that the men set fire to the textile factory in 2012 because the owners had not paid extortion money.
According to the news portal "Pakistan Today", one of the convicts was caught by Interpol in Thailand in 2016.
According to the "BBC", the men are to be hanged, but the time of the execution has not yet been determined.
The fire in the multi-storey building in Karachi was the worst industrial fire in Pakistan's history.
According to survivors, many people were unable to escape because the doors were locked.
The fire had sparked a debate in Europe about cheap textiles and related working conditions.
The German textile discounter Kik was the factory's main customer.
However, the Dortmund district court ruled last year that Kik did not have to pay pain and suffering after the fire.
The asserted claims of 30,000 euros per plaintiff are already statute-barred under Pakistani law, the judges justified the decision.
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