Bangladesh hangs top Islamist for 1971 massacre

April 11, 2015 22:09

Bangladesh hangs top Islamist leader, Mohammad Quamaruzzaman, for overseeing a massacre during the nation's 1971 independence war. Quamaruzzaman, the third most influential leader in the Islamist party, was hanged after his execution was postponed at the last minute on Friday. Quamaruzzaman, 63, is the second Jamaat leader after Quader Mollah to be executed for 1971 war crimes.

He had decided not to seek presidential clemency after the review of his conviction was rejected on April 6 by a four-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.

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