Six Islamic militants convicted of killing two judges during a wave of bomb attacks have been hanged in Bangladesh, BBC reported.

The six included Abdur Rahman, the head of the banned Islamic group Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, and his deputy Siddiqul Islam, known as Bangla Bhai.

Police said the men were executed at different jails across the country.

The November 2005 attack on the judges was part of a series of bombings for which the JMB was blamed.

The men said they targeted the judiciary because it was run by secular rather than Sharia law.

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