--- description: Thirteen men were charged Sunday for the July 8 mob killing of a 13-year-old boy in the Bangladeshi city of Sylhet title: Thirteen Charged for Lynching a Boy in Bangladesh image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt349bcbbdc70f4345/69885fb92dce01dd119e5208/480641382.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Bangladesh](/tag/bangladesh/) ## Bangladesh Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 13 Suspects Charged With Lynching a Boy in Bangladesh by [Joanna Plucinska](/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 18, 2015 5:42 AM CUT  Bangladeshi protesters carry a banner during a demonstration against the lynching of a 13-year-old boy in Dhaka on July 14, 2015 Bangladeshi protesters carry a banner during a demonstration against the lynching of a 13-year-old boy in Dhaka on July 14, 2015Munir Uz Zaman—AFP/Getty Images by [Joanna Plucinska](/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 18, 2015 5:42 AM CUT Thirteen men were [charged](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33958633 "undefined") Sunday for the July 8 mob killing of a 13-year-old boy in the Bangladeshi city of Sylhet. Samiul Alam Rajon was brutally beaten to death after a group of men accused him of stealing a bicycle rickshaw. An autopsy found he had suffered 64 separate injuries. While “mob justice” attacks on suspected thieves are not uncommon in Bangladesh, this particular case sparked outrage nationwide after a video of the alleged perpetrators laughing during the attack went viral, drawing hundreds of [protesters](http://time.com/3956670/bangladesh-protests-teenager-killed-sylhet/ "undefined") to the streets of Sylhet. Ten of the men admitted to their role in the crime and have since been arrested in Bangladesh, the BBC reports. Three more who fled the country shortly after the attacks were charged in absentia. Kamrul Islam, the prime suspect in the case, is allegedly hiding out in Saudi Arabia, according to the BBC. Bangladeshi officials are hoping the country will process his extradition soon. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33958633 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4001219/bangladesh-lynching-sylhet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4001219/bangladesh-lynching-sylhet/"},"headline":"13 Suspects Charged With Lynching a Boy in Bangladesh","datePublished":"2015-08-18T05:42:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:14:44.480Z","description":"A video of the boy pleading for his life as the assailants laughed went viral","url":"https://time.com/4001219/bangladesh-lynching-sylhet/","keywords":["Bangladesh","protests"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt349bcbbdc70f4345/69885fb92dce01dd119e5208/480641382.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joanna Plucinska","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt349bcbbdc70f4345/69885fb92dce01dd119e5208/480641382.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BANGLADESH-CRIME-CHILDREN","caption":"BANGLADESH-CRIME-CHILDREN","creditText":"Munir Uz Zaman—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/bangladesh/","name":"Bangladesh"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4001219/bangladesh-lynching-sylhet/","name":"13 Suspects Charged With Lynching a Boy in Bangladesh"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Migrants Arrive in Indonesia After Spending Weeks Adrift in the Open Sea - May 16","description":"About 900 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants made it to shore in Indonesia and Thailand Friday.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/AZmqZG97/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-20T08:08:08.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/AZmqZG97.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4001219/bangladesh-lynching-sylhet/","duration":"PT55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4001219/bangladesh-lynching-sylhet/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```