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20 Dec 2015

Author:
Agence France-Presse [Dhaka]

Bangladesh: 24 murder suspects in Rana Plaza building collapse case abscond before trial

A Bangladeshi court has ordered the arrest of 24 people and seizure of their assets after they failed to turn up to face murder charges over the collapse of a clothing factory that killed more than 1,100 people...Senior judicial magistrate Mohammad Al Amin issued the warrants after his court accepted the murder charges against the 24 fugitives for the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory compound in April 2013...Among the 41 who have been charged with murder is Sohel Rana, the owner of the nine-storey complex on the outskirts of Dhaka which collapsed on 24 April 2013, at the start of the working day.

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Bangladesh: Court accepts murder charges against 41 people over fatal Rana Plaza building collapse

Rana Plaza building collapse, April 2013