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1st LD Writethru: Bangladesh executes Islamist party leader Mir Quasem Ali for war crimes

Xinhua, September 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

Bangladesh has executed another top leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, Mir Quasem Ali, for war crimes committed during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence with Pakistan.

"Ali has been hanged to death (Saturday) at 10:30 p.m. (local time)," superintendent of the Kashimpur Jail on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka told journalists.

Bangladesh Saturday evening ordered to execute death row war criminal Ali as he chose not to seek presidential pardon after losing the final legal battle. Endit