General News, 2nd prize
Horst Faas & Michel Laurent
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
18 December, 1971
Newly independent Bangladesh guerrillas in Dhaka use bayonets to torture and kill four men suspected of collaborating with Pakistani militiamen who had been accused of murder, rape and looting during months of civil war. One day earlier, on 18 December 1971, the Pakistani army had surrendered, ending the civil war, and East Pakistan became independent under the name Bangladesh.
Horst Faas & Michel Laurent
AP photographers Horst Faas and Michel Laurent teamed up on 18 December 1972 in Bangladesh, one day after the Pakistani army surrendered. Together, they covered the victims of re...
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