20 Bangladesh students sentenced to death for brutal murder

DHAKA (HRNW) – Bangladesh sentenced 20 university students to death on Wednesday for the brutal 2019 murder of a young man who criticised the government on social media.

The battered body of Abrar Fahad, 21, was found in his university dormitory hours after he wrote a Facebook post slamming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for signing a water-sharing deal with India.

He was beaten with a cricket bat and other blunt objects for six hours by 25 fellow students who were members of the ruling Awami League s student wing, the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL).

“I am happy with the verdict,” Fahad s father Barkat Ullah told reporters outside court after the verdict. “I hope the punishments will be served soon.”

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