DHAKA
Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal ordered the execution of a senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Wednesday after convicting him of atrocities during the country’s 1971 independence war, triggering violence outside the court.
Three Molotov cocktails thrown by alleged anti-government activists exploded outside the central Dhaka courthouse as Abdus Subhan, vice president (VP) of Bangladesh’s largest party, Jamaat-e-Islami, was found guilty of murder, genocide and torture.
The verdict is expected to further flame tensions in Bangladesh where an alliance of opposition parties, including Jamaat, is trying to topple Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government.