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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Pratap Chakravarty

European team in Bangladesh probes genocide by Pakistan army in 1971

A Bangladeshi man in Dhaka sells national flags on the annual "Black Day" celebration commemorating the victims of the 1971 genocide by the Pakistani army. AFP - FARJANA K. GODHULY

A European team was in Bangladesh for an international probe into countless killings by the Pakistani army in 1971 amid calls to declare the atrocities the worst genocide since World War II.

Campaigners hailed the 20-26 May Dutch-led mission as a recognition of efforts to bring to justice those responsible for 3 million deaths, 200,000 rapes and exodus of 10 million Bangladeshis to India.

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