Bangladesh executes Islamist opposition leader for war crimes

Thomson Reuters Friday 13 December 2013




DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh executed Islamist opposition leader Abdul Quader Mollah on Thursday for war crimes committed in 1971, a government official said, in a move likely to ignite violent protests less than a month before elections are due to be held.



Mollah, who was hanged at Dhaka Central Jail, was assistant secretary general of the