There are 37 confirmed dead after a riot broke out following the verdict that the leader of the largest Islamist party was sentenced to death in wake of decades-old allegations of war crimes. Delwar Hossain Sayedee was convicted of eight counts (out of the possible 20) involving killings and rapes during Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971. Delwar Hossain Sayedee was sentenced to hang by a war crimes tribunal. He is the third of seven members of the Jamaat party to be convicted of war crimes, and was the second to be sentenced to death. Dhaka was one of the cities that riots took place in, that's also where four police officers were killed.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/28/world/asia/bangladesh-riots/index.html?hpt=ias_c1
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