Bangladesh executes Islamist party official for war crimes

Sunday, April 12, 2015

DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Authorities in Bangladesh on Saturday executed a senior Islamist party official convicted of crimes against humanity during the country's 1971 independence war against Pakistan, triggering a call for a nationwide general strike by the condemned man's supporters.

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