Beating death of 13-year-old boy by mob sparks protests across Bangladesh
Protesters demanding death penalty for the accused
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First posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 01:50 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 03:52 PM EDT
The gang beating death of a 13-year-old boy accused of trying to steal a rickshaw has launched protests across Bangladesh.
The group of men who attacked Samiul Alam Rajon filmed their sickening assault and posted it on social media, where it went viral in the country.
The video reportedly shows the men brutally beating and torturing the boy as he begs for his life, laughing and taunting him as he screams and cries. Stills from the 28-minute video, which are still circulating in local media, show a terrified Rajon cringing, at times tied to a fence.
At one point, the attackers apparently tell him to walk away. When he tries, another shouts: "His bones are OK. Beat him some more."
An autopsy found 64 serious injuries on the boy's body, which was disposed in a nearby dump after the beating, police told media.
Police arrested five men, including the alleged ring leader who fled to Saudi Arabia. He was detained in that country.
Thousands took to the streets to demand the death penalty for the accused.
Almost 2,000 crowded into the plaza in the boy's hometown of Sylhet, reported the Times of Oman.
The death penalty is not widely used in Bangladesh.
Bangladeshi protesters carry a banner during a demonstration against the lynching of a 13-year-old boy in Dhaka on July 14, 2015. Outrage over the lynching of a 13-year-old boy mounted in Bangladesh July 14, 2015, with more protests over the murder which was captured on video, as one of the suspects confessed after being arrested in Saudi Arabia. Bangladeshi police have now arrested five people over the July 8 killing of Samiul Alam Rajon, who was tied to a pole and then subjected to a sickening assault in which he pleaded for his life. AFP PHOTO/ Munir uz ZAMAN
The mother of 13-year-old Samiul Alam Rajon, who was killed by a mob, mourns in her house in Sylhet on July 14, 2015. Outrage over the lynching of a 13-year-old boy mounted in Bangladesh July 14, with more protests over the murder which was captured on video, as one of the suspects confessed after being arrested in Saudi Arabia. AFP PHOTO
Beating death of 13-year-old boy by mob sparks protests across Bangladesh | Worl
Protesters demanding death penalty for the accused
Postmedia Network
First posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 01:50 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 03:52 PM EDT
The gang beating death of a 13-year-old boy accused of trying to steal a rickshaw has launched protests across Bangladesh.
The group of men who attacked Samiul Alam Rajon filmed their sickening assault and posted it on social media, where it went viral in the country.
The video reportedly shows the men brutally beating and torturing the boy as he begs for his life, laughing and taunting him as he screams and cries. Stills from the 28-minute video, which are still circulating in local media, show a terrified Rajon cringing, at times tied to a fence.
At one point, the attackers apparently tell him to walk away. When he tries, another shouts: "His bones are OK. Beat him some more."
An autopsy found 64 serious injuries on the boy's body, which was disposed in a nearby dump after the beating, police told media.
Police arrested five men, including the alleged ring leader who fled to Saudi Arabia. He was detained in that country.
Thousands took to the streets to demand the death penalty for the accused.
Almost 2,000 crowded into the plaza in the boy's hometown of Sylhet, reported the Times of Oman.
The death penalty is not widely used in Bangladesh.
Bangladeshi protesters carry a banner during a demonstration against the lynching of a 13-year-old boy in Dhaka on July 14, 2015. Outrage over the lynching of a 13-year-old boy mounted in Bangladesh July 14, 2015, with more protests over the murder which was captured on video, as one of the suspects confessed after being arrested in Saudi Arabia. Bangladeshi police have now arrested five people over the July 8 killing of Samiul Alam Rajon, who was tied to a pole and then subjected to a sickening assault in which he pleaded for his life. AFP PHOTO/ Munir uz ZAMAN
The mother of 13-year-old Samiul Alam Rajon, who was killed by a mob, mourns in her house in Sylhet on July 14, 2015. Outrage over the lynching of a 13-year-old boy mounted in Bangladesh July 14, with more protests over the murder which was captured on video, as one of the suspects confessed after being arrested in Saudi Arabia. AFP PHOTO
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