DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh's seaport city Chattogram has handed down death penalty to five ex-cops, who were involved in the killings of 24 people in police firing during a rally of Sheikh Hasina three decades ago.
Acting Divisional Special Judge Md Ismail Hossain announced the verdict on Monday (Jan 20) amid tight security in a packed courtroom of Chattogram, some 242km southeast of capital Dhaka, sentencing the five former policemen to death.
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