Bangladesh hangs Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes

May 10, 2016 23:51

Bangladesh hangs Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes committed during 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan.

"Nizami did not seek mercy. The executive order to carry out the death sentence has been sent to the prison authorities," Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said tonight.

His comments came as elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion joined police to step up security around the Dhaka Central Jail in old part of the capital. The jail guards have beefed up the security inside the facility.

The street in front of the jail has also been barricaded and closed to traffic.

73-year-old Nizami's family members, including his wife, two sons and their wives, went to the jail this evening after prison officials asked them to go and meet him for the last time, bdnews24 reported.

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