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Friday, 29 March, 2002, 09:05 GMT
Pakistan's 'Butcher of Bengal' dies
Pakistan's former army chief Tikka Khan - once known as the Butcher of Bengal for his actions against Bangladeshi separatists - has died after a long illness.
He was 87. Khan was the military commander in what was then East Pakistan when the military ruler General Yahya Khan ordered a crackdown on the Bengali separatist movement led by Sheikh Mujibar Rahman. Sheikh Mujib later became the first prime minister of an independent Bangladesh. From the newsroom of the BBC World Service |
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