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150 Bangladeshi soldiers sentenced to death

150 soldiers have been sentenced to death in Bangladesh over a military mutiny in 2009 that left sco...
TodayFM
TodayFM

10:37 AM - 5 Nov 2013



150 Bangladeshi soldiers sente...

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150 Bangladeshi soldiers sentenced to death

TodayFM
TodayFM

10:37 AM - 5 Nov 2013



150 soldiers have been sentenced to death in Bangladesh over a military mutiny in 2009 that left scores of top officers dead.

823 soldiers were charged with murder, torture and other offences over the mutiny, in which 74 people were stabbed and burnt - before their bodies were dumped in sewers and shallow graves.

At least 150 of the soldiers were sentenced to death while hundreds more were jailed.

Death sentences are common in Bangladesh, where they are handed down for militancy, multiple murder and coup-related offences.



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