BANGLADESH. TWO AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER

16 May 2008 :

two young men are to walk the gallows for the murder of Ibrahim Zaman, senior secretary of the Planning Commission, in the city Dhaka, Bangladesh, four years ago.
Shahidul, 23, and Abdur Rashid, 25 were found guilty and handed the death penalty.

(Sources: United News of Bangladesh, 15/05/2008)

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