BANGLADESH: 6 TO DIE FOR KILLING AL LEADER
September 11, 2011: in Bangladesh, Dhaka's Speedy Trial Tribunal -4 judge Motahar Hossain sentenced six to death for killing Awami League leader Shahidul Islam Khan in Kishoreganj. The six are Mohammad Babul, 'Mamun', Abdur Rahim Khan, Mohammad Moazzem Hossain Rubel, Mohammad Kabir Rabbani Jewel and 'Nobel'. The last three, who are brothers, were sentenced in absentia. The court also fined them Tk 50,000 each. Khan was stabbed to death at Kishoreganj's Sadullahchar on April 7, 2006. (Sources: NewsToday.com.bd, 12/09/2011)
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