Bangladesh executes Jamaat chief for war crimes
Bangladesh on Wednesday executed Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence. Nizami was hanged at the Dhaka Central jail. He was sentenced to death by a special tribunal for genocide, rape and massacre during the liberation war. Nizami had served as a leader of Pakistan’s paramilitary wing during this war.