Bangladesh Executes Second Islamist Leader for 1970s War Crimes
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Bangladesh hanged Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, the second leader from his Islamist political party to be executed since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina started war-crime trials in 2010.
Kamaruzzaman did not seek presidential mercy and was executed Saturday night at Dhaka Central Jail, Senior Jail Superintendent Farman Ali told reporters in the capital Dhaka. The Supreme Court on April 6 turned down a final appeal filed by the 63-year-old leader of Jamaat-e-Islami against a tribunal verdict that sentenced him to death in 2013.