Sixteen people, including a headteacher, are sentenced to death in Bangladesh after a 19-year-old female student was burned alive in revenge for accusing the school master of sexual assault

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• Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 19, was burned to death on the rooftop of her school in April
• She was cornered by attackers who demanded she withdraw an allegation of sexual assault against her headmaster, then set her alight when she refused
• Nusrat freed herself and tell of what happened before dying of her wounds
• Three teachers and two local politicians were among 16 found guilty Thursday

Sixteen people have been sentenced to death in Bangladesh for the murder of a schoolgirl who was burned alive after she accused the headmaster of her school of sexually abusing her.

Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 19, was tied up, doused in kerosene and set on fire on the rooftop of her school in Feni, a small town 100 miles from Dhaka, back in April.

Headmaster Siraj Ud Doula was among three teachers found guilty over the case, along with Ruhul Amin and Maksud Alam, leaders of a local political party.

Prosecutors said the attackers had pressured Nusrat to withdraw her complaint against the headmaster, then set her alight when she refused.

They said the attackers tried to make the death look like a suicide but the plan backfired when the flames burned through a scarf used to tie her and she escaped.

Still on fire, she ran for help and was taken to hospital with burns to 80 per cent of her body.

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