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Bangladesh sentences 16 to death for burning teen alive

Nusrat Jahan had reported the principal of a religious school for attempted rape, but was then burnt alive for not withdrawing the complaint.

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Bangladesh sentences 16 to death for burning teen alive
Bangladesh sentences 16 to death for burning teen alive 

A court in Bangladesh sentenced 16 people to death on Thursday for the murder of 18-year-old Nusrat Jahan who was set on fire after refusing to withdraw a sexual harassment complaint against the head teacher of the seminary she attended.

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The killers poured kerosene over Jahan and set her on fire on the roof of her madrasa in April in the southeastern district of Feni.

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"We are happy about the judgment," Hafez Ahmed, a public prosecutor, told reporters after the court verdict.

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Jahan's murder sparked public outrage and mass protests calling for her killers to be brought to justice.

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