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Article: 19 SENTENCED TO DIE FOR SLAYING RAHMAN.(News)

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November 9, 1998
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A judge convicted 15 former military commanders yesterday and sentenced them to death for the 1975 assassination of the country's first prime minister.

Four others, including a former junior minister for information, were acquitted in the killing of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Thousands of followers of Sheikh Mujib, as he was popularly known in Bangladesh, danced in the streets outside the courtroom to celebrate the verdict by Dhaka District Judge Kazi Golam Rasul. Shouts of ``justice has prevailed!'' rang out.

Rahman, who ...

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