The country’s war crimes tribunal sentenced Jamaat-e-Islami politician Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid to death. Mujahid led a militia responsible for the deaths of intellectuals and other leaders who supported the country’s independence from Pakistan; as many as 3 million people are said to have died during the nine-month war of secession. At least two people were killed in clashes with police as thousands demonstrated against the life sentence imposed on Jamaat leader Ghulam Azam.
