Six to die for Bangladesh boy killings

Six men have been sentenced to death in Bangladesh for torturing and killing two 13-year-old boys in separate incidents earlier this year. Four were found guilty of beating Samiul Alam Rajon to death after they said he tried to steal a rickshaw. Six other men were jailed. The murder, filmed by one attacker on his […]

Six men have been sentenced to death in Bangladesh for torturing and killing two 13-year-old boys in separate incidents earlier this year.
Four were found guilty of beating Samiul Alam Rajon to death after they said he tried to steal a rickshaw. Six other men were jailed.
The murder, filmed by one attacker on his phone, caused widespread outrage. In the second case, two car mechanics were condemned for the death of a former employee.
Rakib Hawlader died in August after air was pumped into his body in retaliation for leaving his job.
Rajon was attacked in July after a group of men accused him of stealing a bicycle rickshaw van in the north-western city of Sylhet.