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Motiur Rahman Nizami: Bangladeshi Islamist leader hanged
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Bangladesh executes Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes
Bangladesh has executed head of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami party Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence to break away from Pakistan, the country’s law minister said.
Nizami was hanged at Dhaka Central jail at one minute past midnight local time on Wednesday after the Supreme Court rejected his final plea against a death sentence imposed by a special tribunal for genocide, rape and orchestrating the massacre of top intellectuals during the war.
Thousands of extra police and border guards were deployed in the capital Dhaka and other major cities to tighten security as Jamaat-e-Islami called for a nationwide strike on Thursday in protest of the execution.
Previous similar judgments and executions have triggered violence that killed around 200 people, mainly Jamaat activists and police.
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Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury, reporting from Dhaka, said the situation was still calm in the capital by Wednesday and there were no reports of violence in other cities.
“Unlike the last few years, Jamaat has not been able to materialise any kind of protest on the streets,” he said, adding that this was mainly due to heavy-hand
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Bangladesh buries Motiur Rahman Nizami amid protests
Clashes have erupted in Bangladesh after Motiur Rahman Nizami, a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami political party, was hanged on charges relating to the massacre of intellectuals during the 1971 independence war.
Police fired rubber bullets on Wednesday after hundreds of Jamaat supporters attacked them with stones in the northwestern city of Rajshahi.
“There were 500 Jamaat activists who were protesting against the execution. We fired rubber bullets as they became violent,” Selim Badsah, Rajshahi police inspector, told the AFP news agency.
He said about 20 people were arrested.
Jamaat activists and supporters of the governing Awami League also clashed in Chittagong, where about 2,500 attended a service for Nizami, Masudul Hasan, the port city’s deputy police chief, told AFP.
Security was tight across the country, with checkpoints erected on main roads in Dhaka to deter violence and thousands of police patrolling the Bangladeshi capital.
“The situation in Dhaka as well in other parts of the country remains calm,” Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury said.
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“On Wednesday, absentia funerals were held for Nizami in various cities.”
In recent months “Jamaat has not been able to organise any kind of protest on the