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Six sentenced to death for brutal Bangladesh child murders

Published: 08 Nov 2015 - 01:08 pm | Last Updated: 14 Nov 2021 - 09:56 pm
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Dhaka: Six men were sentenced to death in Bangladesh Sunday for the brutal murders of two 13-year-old boys in separate attacks that sparked a national outcry, lawyers said.

Four men were ordered hanged over the beating to death of Samiul Alam Rajon for allegedly stealing a bicycle in July, Shahidul Islam, a lawyer representing the boy's family, said.

Another two men were given the same sentence for torturing and killing another youngster less than a month later, prosecutor Sultana Rahman told AFP.

AFP