Bangladesh hangs Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes

An ambulance carrying the body of Motiur Rahman Nizami coming out of the Dhaka Central Jail on May 11, 2016. Jamaat-e-Islami amir Motiur Rahman Nizami was hanged at Dhaka Central Jail on early Wednesday for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 War of Independence.Nizami, 73, was hanged at 12:10am on Wednesday, senior jail superintendent Jahangir Kabir told reporters at the jail gate.An ambulance carrying Nizamis body came out of the jail being escorted by police at about 1:20am and headed to his village home at Sathia in Pabna, where he would be buried. (Photo by Sony Ramany/NurPhoto via Getty Images)