Defendant ill, Bangladesh war crimes trial delayed

By Julhas Alam

Published June 24, 2014 10:08am ET

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Defendant ill, Bangladesh war crimes trial delayed — FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2005 file photo, Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami President and Industries Minister Motiur Rahman Nizami addresses the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A Bangladesh court Tuesday, June 24, 2014, delayed a verdict against the top leader of the Islamist party charged with war crimes after the defendant in the politically charged trial become ill. A special tribunal was set to deliver the verdict for Nizami, who faces 16 charges, including genocide, murder, torture, rape and destruction of property during the nation's independence war against Pakistan in 1971. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman, File) | Pavel Rahman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladesh court Tuesday delayed a verdict against the top leader of an Islamist party charged with war crimes after the defendant became ill.

A special tribunal was set to deliver the verdict for Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, who faces 16 charges, including genocide, murder, torture, rape and destruction of property during the nation’s independence war against Pakistan in 1971.

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