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Bangladesh hangs Islamist tycoon Mir Quasem Ali
Source: BBC
Bangladesh hangs Islamist tycoon Mir Quasem Ali
3 September 2016 Asia
A leader and financial backer of the biggest Islamist party in Bangladesh has been executed for war crimes committed in 1971, officials say.
Media tycoon Mir Quasem Ali, 63, of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was sentenced to death two years ago.
He had been convicted of offences including murder and torture committed during the war with Pakistan.
The tycoon was hanged at a high-security prison outside Dhaka on Saturday evening.
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At his trial, Mir Quasem Ali had been accused of involvement in a "reign of terror" in the city of Chittagong. He was found guilty of eight of the 14 charges he faced.
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3 September 2016 Asia
A leader and financial backer of the biggest Islamist party in Bangladesh has been executed for war crimes committed in 1971, officials say.
Media tycoon Mir Quasem Ali, 63, of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was sentenced to death two years ago.
He had been convicted of offences including murder and torture committed during the war with Pakistan.
The tycoon was hanged at a high-security prison outside Dhaka on Saturday evening.
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At his trial, Mir Quasem Ali had been accused of involvement in a "reign of terror" in the city of Chittagong. He was found guilty of eight of the 14 charges he faced.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37268320
