Bangladesh pays homage to martyred 1971 liberation war intellectuals

“At least 125 persons, believed to be physicians, professors, writers and teachers, were found murdered today in a field outside Dacca,” the report said.

The report, sent from Dhaka to Washington on December 18, 1971, was carried by the New York Times the next day.

According to the report, all the victims’ hands were tied behind their backs and they had been bayoneted, garroted or shot.

The report said the victims were among an estimated 300 Bengali intellectuals, who had been seized by Pakistani soldiers and their locally recruited supporters.

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