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Handcuffed Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) soldiers look through a prison van as they arrive at the special court in Dhaka on November 5, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ Munir uz ZAMAN)


Bangladesh sentences 152 to death for 2009 mutiny

Bangladesh sentences 152 to death for 2009 mutiny

by | Nov 5, 2013 | World

Dhaka, AP—A court in Bangladesh on Tuesday sentenced 152 people to death for their actions in a 2009 border guard mutiny in which 74 people, including 57 military commanders, were killed. Dhaka’s Metropolitan Sessions Court Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman also sentenced...