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| Bangladesh hangs Islamist leader Abdul Kader Mullah | Bangladesh hangs Islamist leader Abdul Kader Mullah |
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| Bangladesh has executed the Islamist leader Abdul Kader Mullah, convicted of atrocities in the 1971 war of independence with Pakistan. | Bangladesh has executed the Islamist leader Abdul Kader Mullah, convicted of atrocities in the 1971 war of independence with Pakistan. |
| He is the first person convicted by Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) to be executed. | He is the first person convicted by Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) to be executed. |
| The ICT was set up in 2010 to investigate abuses committed during the 1971 conflict, in which some estimate three million people were killed. | The ICT was set up in 2010 to investigate abuses committed during the 1971 conflict, in which some estimate three million people were killed. |
| Mullah was a senior leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party. | Mullah was a senior leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party. |
| His trial earlier in the year sparked protests from Jamaat supporters. | His trial earlier in the year sparked protests from Jamaat supporters. |
| Several other leading figures in the party have also been convicted by the tribunal. | |
| Mullah had been scheduled to be hanged on Tuesday, before gaining a reprieve pending a last-minute appeal against his death sentence. | |
| The Bangladeshi Supreme Court dismissed the appeal earlier on Thursday. | The Bangladeshi Supreme Court dismissed the appeal earlier on Thursday. |
| The 65-year-old was hanged inside Dhaka central jail at 22:01 local time (16:01 GMT) on Thursday evening. | |
| The BBC's Mahfuz Sadique in Dhaka says security has been tightened in the capital and around the country, and there are reports from various towns of sporadic clashes between Jamaat-e-Islami supporters and security forces. | |
| Those being tried by the ICT are accused of collaborating with Pakistani forces who attempted to stop East Pakistan, as Bangladesh was then, from becoming an independent country. | Those being tried by the ICT are accused of collaborating with Pakistani forces who attempted to stop East Pakistan, as Bangladesh was then, from becoming an independent country. |
| However, human rights groups have claimed that the tribunal falls short of international standards. | However, human rights groups have claimed that the tribunal falls short of international standards. |