Bangladesh executes two opposition leaders for war crimes
According to reports, they were executed at 12:55am on Sunday.
The petitions for presidential clemency of both the opposition leaders were on Saturday turned down by country's President Abdul Hamid.
"On Wednesday, the Supreme Court scrapped their petitions for a review of their death sentences. Copies of the verdicts were published and sent to the jail on Thursday. The same day, the prison authorities read the verdicts out to the convicted war criminals," bdnews24.com reported.
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