DHAKA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced four men to death Tuesday morning and one to life in prison for their crimes committed during the country's war of independence in 1971.
The International Crimes Tribunal, led by its Chairman Justice Anwarul Haque, said the four were involved in the death of nine people.
Only one of the suspects was in court for the verdict.
After returning to power in January 2009, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Bangladesh's independence hero Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, established the first tribunal in March 2010, almost 40 years after the 1971 war.
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