Culled from Sky News

A headteacher in Bangladesh is among 16 people sentenced to death for the murder of a student who refused to withdraw her sexual harassment claim against him.

The family of Nusrat Jahan, 18, say she faced pressure to drop her complaint to police that Siraj Ud Doula had attempted to rape her.

They said the teenager was lured to the roof of her madrasa - a Muslim school - in the southeastern community of Feni on 6 April, and after being doused with kerosene, she was set on fire.

She thus suffered 80% burns to her body and died several days after the attack, which according to the police, was carried out on the orders of the principal's.

Nusrat's murder caused a huge public outcry and sparked mass protests across the country, urging the government to bring in tougher measures against sex offenders.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met her family and vowed to bring her killers to justice - and at the time, was quoted in local media saying she was "lost for words to condemn" what happened.

Bursting into tears at her home following the verdict, Nusrat's mother Shirin Akhtar said: "I can't forget her for a moment. I still feel the pain that she went through".