Bangladesh sentences 20 to death for student’s killing: Prosecutor
Bangladesh sentenced 20 people to death on Wednesday for the brutal 2019 murder of a university student who criticized the government on social media, a prosecutor told AFP.
“Twenty people have been sentenced to death and five people were sentenced to life in prison over the killing of Abrar Fahad,” prosecutor Abdullah Abu said.
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