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Five get death penalty for attack on Hasina convoy

Dhaka, January 20

Five former police officials were sentenced to death by a Bangladesh court on Monday for opening fire on a motorcade of then Opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in 1988 that killed her 24 supporters during an anti-government rally.

As many as 53 witnesses testified in the court over the attack. Hasina was attacked while she was going to address a rally in the port city against the regime of then military dictator HM Ershad. She had a narrow escape. — PTI

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