Shahjahan Bouya hanged some of the country's notorious serial killers and the father of current prime minister.
Bangladesh 's deadliest executioner died Monday a year after he was released from prison where he hanged some of the country's notorious serial killers, opposition politicians convicted of war crimes, and coup plotters, police said.
He was convicted for the 1979 death of a truck driver in crossfire with police.In custody during his trial -- a glacial 12-year process -- he noticed the 'first class' treatment afforded to executioners, watching one being massaged by four other inmates.'A hangman has so much power,' he said to himself and volunteered his services.Prison authorities put Bouya's total at 26 executions, but he said he participated in 60.
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