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Bangladesh Executes Killers of Independence Leader
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Cheering supporters carry a portrait of the country's independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman outside the Dhaka central jail in Dhaka, Bangladesh, early 28 Jan 2010
Five former army officers convicted of killing Bangladesh's founder, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, have been hanged. They were executed nearly 35 years after he was assassinated, in an army coup.
The five men were executed in the early hours of Thursday in Dhaka Central jail, as hundreds of police and security forces stood guard outside.
Roads outside the prison were closed to traffic. The executions took place the night after the Supreme Court dismissed their appeals for a review of the death sentence.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was gunned down, along with several members of his family, in an army coup in 1975 - four years after Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan. Mr. Rahman, who led the country's freedom struggle, was its first president.
The five men executed did not deny their role in his death, but were given immunity for two decades by subsequent governments which benefited from the coup.
Their trial only began in 1996, after their immunity was revoked by a government led by the assassinated leader's daughter, Sheikh Hasina.
The chief state attorney, Mahbubey Alam, says the executions have finally pulled the curtains down on one of history's most gruesome killings.
Roads outside the prison were closed to traffic. The executions took place the night after the Supreme Court dismissed their appeals for a review of the death sentence.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was gunned down, along with several members of his family, in an army coup in 1975 - four years after Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan. Mr. Rahman, who led the country's freedom struggle, was its first president.
The five men executed did not deny their role in his death, but were given immunity for two decades by subsequent governments which benefited from the coup.
Their trial only began in 1996, after their immunity was revoked by a government led by the assassinated leader's daughter, Sheikh Hasina.
The chief state attorney, Mahbubey Alam, says the executions have finally pulled the curtains down on one of history's most gruesome killings.
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