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DHAKA: A total of 1,597 war criminals, including Pakistanis responsible for the mass killings, rapes and other atrocities in Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971, have been named. The announcement of the list by the War Crimes Facts Finding Committee, coincided with a strong nationwide campaign by the liberation war veterans who have been demanding a trial for the war criminals most of whom are leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami. The list includes 369 members of Pakistan military including the then military-ruler Gen. Yahya Khan. It also includes 1,150 local collaborators of the Pakistan army including members of notorious killer groups Razakar and Al-Badr formed by the Pakistan government to help its army crush Bengali freedom fighters. Some leading members of the “Peace Committee,” a civilian committee of the Pakistan army’s local collaborators and 78 Biharis who took part in atrocities along with the occupation army in the nine month-long war, were also named. Making the list public at a press conference here on Thursday, the committee said it was not final and that they would soon come up with more evidence and documents. The list and evidence would be handed over to the government and the Election Commission to help them try the war criminals and disqualify them from elections. The list would also be circulated to the international community.
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