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Bangladesh Jails 11 Police for Extrajudicial Killing

   VOA News 11 July 2010

   A court in Bangladesh on Sunday sent 11 policemen to jail on suspicion
   of carrying out an extrajudicial killing in July 2008.
   It  is  the first time that policemen have been jailed for a suspected
   extrajudicial killing in Bangladesh. Â
   Court  officials  in  Natore,  northwest  of Dhaka, said the policemen
   surrendered  following a summons over the killing of a youth.  Police
   say  the  youth  was  shot  dead  in  crossfire  during  a  clash with
   gangsters, but his family says he was killed in custody.
   The  suspect's  bullet-riddled  body  was  found near Natore four days
   after he had been arrested by police.
   Court officials said the officers will be formally charged on July 27.
   Last   year,   human  rights  organizations  expressed  concern  about
   extrajudicial  killings  in Bangladesh, which are often referred to as
   "crossfire" killings.

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