A former army officer convicted of killing Bangladesh’s independence leader in 1975 has been executed.
Abdul Majed was hanged in the capital Dhaka after his appeal for presidential clemency was rejected this week.
He was arrested on Tuesday after spending 25 years on the run for the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Rahman – the father of the current prime minister, Sheikh Hasina – was killed during a military coup in 1975, along with most of his family.
His death came just four years after Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan.