Bangladesh hangs Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for 1971 war crimes

Bangladeshi police officers stand guard in Dhaka's Central Jail where Jamaat-e-Islami party's senior leader Motiur Rahman Nizami was hanged in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, May 10, 2016. Bangladesh's Supreme Court convicted Nizami to death sentence on charges of war crimes during the country's 1971 independence war against Pakistan. (AP Photo)

A Bangladeshi man throws a shoe at a Motiur Rahman Nizami poster to celebrate the execution of the Jamaat-e-Islami party's senior leader outside Dhaka's central jail, Bangladesh, early Wednesday, May 11, 2016. (AP Photo)

Bangladeshi security personnel guide an ambulance leaving central jail, carrying the body of Jamaat-e-Islami party chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, after he was executed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, early Wednesday, May 11, 2016. (AP Photo)

Bangladeshi security personnel cordon an ambulance leaving central jail, carrying the body of Jamaat-e-Islami party chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, after he was executed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, early Wednesday, May 11, 2016. (AP Photo)

Bangladeshi activists show shoes, as they celebrate outside Dhaka's central jail, after the execution of the Jamaat-e-Islami party's chief Motiur Rahman Nizami in Dhaka, Bangladesh, early Wednesday, May 11, 2016. (AP Photo)

Bangladeshi security personnel guide an ambulance leaving central jail, carrying the body of Jamaat-e-Islami party chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, after he was executed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, early Wednesday, May 11, 2016. (AP Photo)

Bangladeshi activists celebrate outside Dhaka's central jail, after the execution of the Jamaat-e-Islami party's chief Motiur Rahman Nizami in Dhaka, Bangladesh, early Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Nizami is the fifth senior official from opposition parties to be executed since 2013 for war crimes carried out during the 1971 war. Three other senior members of Nizami's Jamaat-e-Islami party and a top leader of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia were also hanged. (AP Photo)