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But critics of the so-called "Butcher of Mirpur" – who was convicted of [ sic ] beheading a poet, raping an 11-year-old girl and shooting 344 people – have been left fuming over the sentence, and are calling for him to face the death sentence, like fellow accused Abul Kalam Azad.
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