Police in Bangladesh have clashed with supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami party as a tribunal delivers its verdict in the trial of an Islamist leader charged with war crimes.
Ghulam Azam, 91, is accused of orchestrating atrocities during the country’s 1971 war of independence.
He denies the charges, which supporters say are politically motivated.
Prosecutors want the death penalty.
Previous verdicts against Islamist leaders have led to violent protests.
This would be the fifth sentence passed on current and former leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s main Islamist party, by a controversial special tribunal.
The International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh was set up by the current Awami League-led government in 2010 to try alleged collaborators of the Pakistani army during Bangladesh’s war of independence.
Human rights groups have said the tribunal falls short of international standards.
