Ron Burgundy Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 A Bangladeshi court sentenced more than 150 soldiers to death and jailed hundreds more Tuesday, after a mass trial over a 2009 mutiny in which scores of top officers were massacred. Some 823 soldiers plus 23 civilians appeared in a special court charged with murder, torture and other offences over the mutiny, in which 74 people were shot, hacked to death or burnt alive before their bodies were dumped in sewers or shallow graves. A judge passed the death penalty on 152 of the soldiers, who looted weapons and led the killing spree, partly in anger that their longstanding pleas for better pay and treatment were ignored. Another 161 soldiers plus some civilians were sentenced to life in prison while 262 defendants were jailed for up to 10 years, over the uprising that started at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters in Dhaka and spread to other BDR bases. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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