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| Thousands protest in Bangladesh over gang's brutal murder of 13-year-old boy | Thousands protest in Bangladesh over gang's brutal murder of 13-year-old boy |
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| Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Bangladesh in angry protests following the murder of a 13-year-old boy. | Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Bangladesh in angry protests following the murder of a 13-year-old boy. |
| Samiul Alam Rajon was beaten to death by a group of men who accused him of stealing a rickshaw on 8 July. | Samiul Alam Rajon was beaten to death by a group of men who accused him of stealing a rickshaw on 8 July. |
| Hundreds of people formed a human chain around his family home in the north-eastern city of Sylhet on Monday, AFP reported, and demonstrators marched through the capital, Dhaka. | |
| Many were demanding the death penalty, including a group who gathered at the site of the killing calling for the killers to hang. | Many were demanding the death penalty, including a group who gathered at the site of the killing calling for the killers to hang. |
| Almost 15,000 people have also signed a petition to the government of Bangladesh asking them to hand the perpetrators the “highest punishment possible” to discourage other murders and lynchings. | Almost 15,000 people have also signed a petition to the government of Bangladesh asking them to hand the perpetrators the “highest punishment possible” to discourage other murders and lynchings. |
| Warning: The Independent is not showing the full video, but some people may still find the footage distressing. | Warning: The Independent is not showing the full video, but some people may still find the footage distressing. |
| Rajon’s attackers deliberately filmed almost half an hour of torture, showing them tieing the boy to post at a bus station in Sylhet, hitting him with a metal bar and ignoring his pleas for water. | Rajon’s attackers deliberately filmed almost half an hour of torture, showing them tieing the boy to post at a bus station in Sylhet, hitting him with a metal bar and ignoring his pleas for water. |
| Twitter users have been voicing their sorrow and outrage using the hashtag #JusticeForRajon, calling his death "disgusting" and "sick". | Twitter users have been voicing their sorrow and outrage using the hashtag #JusticeForRajon, calling his death "disgusting" and "sick". |
| Charity Save the Children wrote: "Justice for Rajon is not enough, there must be positive and permanent change in the way we treat children in Bangladesh." | Charity Save the Children wrote: "Justice for Rajon is not enough, there must be positive and permanent change in the way we treat children in Bangladesh." |
| In the footage, the tormentors can be heard laughing in the background and urging each other to “beat him more” as he cries and begs for mercy. | |
| The disturbing video has gone viral in Bangladesh and provoked a national debate over the prevalence of violence in the country. | The disturbing video has gone viral in Bangladesh and provoked a national debate over the prevalence of violence in the country. |
| A post-mortem concluded that the cause of Rajon’s death was a brain haemorrhage and found more than 60 wounds on his body, officials told bdnews24. | A post-mortem concluded that the cause of Rajon’s death was a brain haemorrhage and found more than 60 wounds on his body, officials told bdnews24. |
| Five suspects have been detained in connection with the murder so far, including one who had fled to Saudi Arabia. | Five suspects have been detained in connection with the murder so far, including one who had fled to Saudi Arabia. |
| One suspect, 22-year-old Muhit Alam, was arrested by local residents after reportedly being found trying to dump Rajon’s body in a bus on the day of the crime. | One suspect, 22-year-old Muhit Alam, was arrested by local residents after reportedly being found trying to dump Rajon’s body in a bus on the day of the crime. |
| His father, Sheikh Azizur Rahman, told the Dhaka Tribune that his son dropped out of school to support the family by selling vegetables from a rickshaw. | His father, Sheikh Azizur Rahman, told the Dhaka Tribune that his son dropped out of school to support the family by selling vegetables from a rickshaw. |