2013 Shapla Square protests

In early 2013, Hefajat-e Islam emerged as a pressure group composed of madrassah teachers and students,{{Cite journal |date=16 March 2015 |title=Civil & Political Rights In Bangladesh |url=https://www.achrweb.org/reports/bangla/CCPR-Bangladesh2015-02.pdf |journal=Asian Centre for Human Rights |volume=1 |pages=37 |access-date=8 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309133627/http://www.achrweb.org/reports/bangla/CCPR-Bangladesh2015-02.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=dead}} led by Shah Ahmad Shafi, rector of Hathazari Madrasah. The group became particularly active after allegations surfaced that some protesters in the Shahbag protests were involved in the publishing of content offensive to Muslims on blogs,{{cite web |url=http://www.bdinn.com/articles/hefazat-e-islam-explains-the-13-points-demands/ |title=Hefazat-e-Islam explains the 13 points demands |website=Bangladesh Independent News Network |access-date=12 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819012848/http://bdinn.com/articles/hefazat-e-islam-explains-the-13-points-demands/ |archive-date=19 August 2014}} including the depiction of Muhammad as a pornographic character. On 6 April 2013, its supporters made a long-march to promote their 13-point charter, which included:{{cite news |title=Ganajagaran vows to resist Hefazat hartal |url=http://theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=163598:ganajagaran-vows-to-resist-hefazat-hartal&catid=129:frontpage&Itemid=121 |newspaper=The Independent |location=Dhaka |date=7 April 2013 |access-date=26 October 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130820154457/http://theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=163598:ganajagaran-vows-to-resist-hefazat-hartal&catid=129:frontpage&Itemid=121 |archive-date=20 August 2013}}

• Restoration the phrase "Complete faith and trust in the Almighty Allah" in the constitution
• Enact a blasphemy law;{{cite journal |date=July 2013 |title=The Dhaka Massacre of 6 May 2013: A Briefing |url=http://deshrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dhakamassacre_final.pdf |journal=Desh Rights |volume=1 |page=1 |access-date=26 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728175210/http://deshrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dhakamassacre_final.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2014}}
• Taking measures for punishment of "atheist bloggers," who led the Shahbagh movement, and anti-Islam activists who made "derogatory remarks" against the Muhammad.{{Cite web |url=http://hefajate-islam.org/?p=159 |title=Allama Shafi hopes to end all confusion Hefazat-e-Islam explains the 13 points demands |access-date=12 March 2015 |website=Hefajat e Islam Bangladesh |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133517/http://hefajate-islam.org/?p=159 |archive-date=2 April 2015}}
• Stopping "infiltration of all 'alien-culture', in the name of individual's freedom of expression, including free mixing of male and female" and candle lighting. Stopping harassment of women, open fornication and adultery, sexual harassment, all forms of violence against women and an end to the tradition of dowry;
• Make Islamic education mandatory from primary to higher secondary levels, cancelling the women's, and anti-religion, education policy.
• Declaration of Ahmadiyyas as non-Muslim.
• Stopping the erection of statues to be popularly venerated, such as by the placement of flowers.
• Lifting government restrictions on access to mosques across the country, including Baitul Mukarram National Mosque;
• Stopping Islamophobic content in media;
• Stopping anti-Islam activities by NGOs in the Chittagong Hill Tracts; Hefazat fears a "foreign conspiracy" to make a separate Christian state in that area;{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-127788 |title=Unknown Islamist group flexes its muscles in Ctg |date=25 February 2010 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=12 January 2017}}
• Stop the extrajudicial killing of ulema;
• Stopping the harassment of teachers and students of Qawmi madrassas and ulema;
• Release of all ulema, and madrassa students, that had been arrested and the withdrawal of all cases filed against them, compensation for the victims, and bringing the assailants to justice.

The government responded by saying that it had "already met" many of the group's demands. This included the arrest of four bloggers for making derogatory comments against Muhammad.

On 3 May 2013, Human Rights Watch issued warnings, based on information obtained from diplomatic missions regarding an imminent government crackdown, to security forces against committing excesses in the planned upcoming protests.{{cite news|url=http://www.weeklyholiday.net/homepage/pages/UserHome.aspx?ID=2&date=05/10/2013|title=Motijheel massacre spawns unintended consequences|date=10 May 2013|publisher=Weekly Holiday|issue=1|agency=Weekly Holiday|accessdate=17 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118050147/http://www.weeklyholiday.net/homepage/pages/UserHome.aspx?ID=2&date=05%2F10%2F2013|archive-date=18 January 2017|url-status=dead}} It also urged the government to appoint an independent commission to investigate the killing of civilians since February, and prosecute those responsible for unlawful killings and use of force.

Hefazat-e-Islam organized a protest on 5 May demanding a trial of "atheist bloggers",{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22049408|title=Bangladesh Islamists rally against bloggers|date=6 April 2013|work=BBC News}} and new legislation for the punishment for blasphemy. On 5 May 2013, Hefazat activists blockaded all six entrance routes to Dhaka from dawn. At noon, with the permission of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), activists entered Dhaka and started moving towards Baitul Mukarram Mosque to attend a prayer service. However, activists of Hefazat-e- Islam were attacked en route by armed Awami League activists, who were using the Gulistan Road to reach Shapla Square. In self defense, Hefazat activists counterattacked with bricks. During the clashes, two television journalists were injured, apparently by Hefazat protesters.{{cite news |title=2 scribes beaten up by Hifazat |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/05/05/2-scribes-beaten-up-by-hifazat |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=5 May 2013}} At about 3:00 pm, while Hefazat leaders were delivering speeches, the Secretary General of the Awami League, Sayed Ashraful Islam, demanded, via press conference, that they leave Dhaka. The opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) countered by asserting that Hefazat members had a democratic right to assemble and articulate their cause. During the unrest, Hefazat protesters allegedly attacked the offices of the Communist Party of Bangladesh at Motijheel.{{cite news |title=Hifazat men burn CPB office |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/05/05/hifazat-men-burn-cpb-office |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=5 May 2013 |accessdate=5 May 2013}}{{cite news |title=How could they do it? |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/how-could-they-do-it/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=7 May 2013}} Hefazat claimed that their workers were unarmed and had come under attack by police and Bangladesh Chhatra League activists at Gulistan, Purana Paltan and Baitul Mukarram, and in front of the Communist Party offices. Hefazat supporters reportedly vandalized at least 50 vehicles and several buildings during their rally.{{cite news |title=Hifazat sets vehicles on fire |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/05/05/hifazat-sets-vehicles-on-fire |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=5 May 2013}} They violently attacked others in front of the Awami League headquarter at Paltan, Dhaka, and allegedly set fire to a number of book stores near the Baitul Mukarram mosque.{{cite news |title=Hifazat burns Quran, Hadith in blind rage |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/05/06/hifazat-burns-quran-hadith-in-blind-rage |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=6 May 2013}}

By nightfall, many of the demonstrators had left the city, but about 50,000- 70,000 still remained in Shapla Square. There, they held prayers and were addressed by their leaders. At around 2.15 am on 6 May, security forces cut power to the area. At 2:30 a.m. about 5000 members of the security forces launched "Operation Shapla", or "Operation Flash Out", to remove them. The forces included members of the Bangladesh Police, RAB, and BGB. At first they used megaphones, asking the protesters to leave the area peacefully. Then, moving in from three directions via Dainik Bangla, Fakirapool and Bangladesh Bank intersection, security forces used tear gas, rubber bullets, and sound grenades to disperse the demonstrators. Most fled the area, but others hid in side streets and buildings, where they were shot down by security forces. Hefazat alleges that the bodies were then picked up by garbage trucks and dumped outside the city. Ahmad Shafi was escorted away from a madrassa in Dhaka and flown to Chittagong. Police insisted he was not arrested but was leaving voluntarily.

On the following morning, the protests spread across the country. In Narayanganj, students and teachers of a local madrasa held protests and blockaded the Dhaka-Chittagong highway. In return, police fired on the protesters, killing 27. In Hathazari Upazila, six people were shot dead by police, while in Bagerhat, a Hefazat member died in a clash between protesters and police.

According to government estimates, the number of casualties in this operation was 11, including a few law enforcement members,{{cite news |title=HRW rebuts genocide claim |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/05/11/hrw-rebuts-genocide-claim |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=11 May 2013 |accessdate=26 October 2013}} while the Daily Star reported 5 deaths. Opposition parties initially claimed that 2000- 3000 of protesters had been killed, while Hefazat claimed about 1000 deaths. Human Rights Watch disagreed with Hefazat's claims.

Some victims were bystanders, including a number of shopkeepers near the Baitul Mukarram, while most were Hefazat supporters, including children, who were killed by a blow to the head or gunshot wounds. Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital confirmed that many of those dead had been shot in the head. One policeman was also attacked in reprisal. According to Human Rights Watch, eyewitnesses saw 25-30 bodies that were confirmed dead. This included British activist and journalist David Bergman, who saw 24 bodies.{{Cite news|url=https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/who-massacre-investigated-bangladesh-2013-massacre/|title='Who said this would be investigated?' Bangladesh and the May 2013 Massacre|date=5 May 2014|publisher=Ceasefire Magazine|access-date=26 December 2016}} The Guardian reported 22 confirmed deaths, while an investigation conducted by Aljazeera revealed that 14 bodies of "bearded men" with gunshot wounds were buried, after the protests, at Dhaka's state-run cemetery.{{cite news|title=Video suggests higher Bangladesh protest toll|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/05/2013514143842666992.html|accessdate=26 December 2016|agency=Aljazeera|publisher=Aljazeera|date=14 May 2013}} Human rights group Odhikar reported 61 deaths, but refused to reveal the names of the victims out of security concerns for their families. The UK Home Office estimates a total of no fewer than total of 50 deaths. Many individuals, including orphan children, were missing, which may have contributed to the discrepancies in casualties.

Because of the differing views, Human Rights Watch called for an independent body to investigate the protest deaths.{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/bangladesh-independent-body-should-investigate-protest-deaths |title=Bangladesh: Independent Body Should Investigate Protest Deaths |date=11 May 2013 |website=Human Rights Watch |location=New York |accessdate=25 August 2013}}{{cite news |last1=Bergman |first1=David |last2=Nelson |first2=Dean |date=6 May 2013 |title=36 killed in Dhaka as Islamic militants clash with police |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/bangladesh/10039795/36-killed-in-Dhaka-as-Islamic-militants-clash-with-police.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=London |accessdate=21 May 2013}}{{cite news |title=Clashes over Bangladesh protest leave 27 dead |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22423815 |work=BBC News |accessdate=21 May 2013}} Amnesty International demanded that Bangladesh government set up an independent and impartial investigation immediately to look into police excesses.{{cite news|url=http://www.weeklyholiday.net/homepage/pages/UserHome.aspx?ID=3&date=05/10/2013#Tid=4870|title=Amnesty wants neutral probe into Motijheel crackdown|date=10 May 2013|publisher=Weekly Holiday|issue=1|agency=Weekly Holiday|accessdate=17 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118050835/http://www.weeklyholiday.net/homepage/pages/UserHome.aspx?ID=3&date=05%2F10%2F2013#Tid=4870|archive-date=18 January 2017|url-status=dead}}

On 19 August 2024, the organization Odhikar released a list of 61 individuals who were killed by law enforcement during the protests.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/355345/hefazat-rally-in-shapla-chattar-odhikar-publishes|title=Hefazat rally in Shapla Chattar: Odhikar publishes list of killed people|website=Dhaka Tribune|date=19 August 2024}}

Diganta TV and Islamic TV channel were broadcasting live footage of the raid on Motijheel when they were forced off-air on the dawn of 6 May. Diganta Television's chief reporter M. Kamruzzaman said that around 25 plain-clothed policemen and an official from the broadcast commission had entered their studios without warning. According to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), the channels' reporting on raid on Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh contained "exaggerated things, (had) given misinformation and called for breaking the law and attacking the law enforcers."{{cite news|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/may/06/govt-closes-2-tv-networks|title=Govt closes 2 TV networks|date=6 May 2013|last2=Karim|first2=Mohosinul|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune|last3=Islam|first3=Muhammad Zahidul|access-date=12 December 2015|last1=Salam|first1=Maria}}{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/diganta-islamic-tv-off-air/|title=Diganta, Islamic TV off air|date=7 May 2013|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=12 December 2015}} Critics have accused the Sheikh Hasina government of using the Islamist issue to silence dissidents.

In response to the massacre allegations, police claimed the operation resulted in “zero casualty” while 14 party leaders claimed it to be "bloodless." Bangladeshi foreign minister Dipu Moni downplayed reports of inaccuracy in government figures and added that "most of the people in the country doesn't even think that there was any controversy with the matter." On 19 June, Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina rejected the allegations, stating in Parliament

... and that day's event was fully televised, you have seen how they have rubbed red dye onto their bodies and when police came and called them they got up and ran away ... we saw that dead bodies made a run for it! This kind of drama has been made there.Parliamentary speech of Sheikh Hasina 19 June 2013 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoucAYQlQIc"

She also blamed the attack on her arch rival Khaleda Zia, claiming: “She (Khaleda) is the instigator, she is the issuer of order.” Awami League politicians blamed Qamrul Islam BNP, Jamaat and ISI of backing the protests. Hefazat was also criticized for bringing minors, who were also attacked by law enforcement agencies during the operation,{{cite news |last=Chowdhury |first=Kamran Reza |date=23 May 2013 |title=Lawmakers allergic to word 'Hefazat' |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/law-amp-rights/2013/may/23/lawmakers-allergic-word-%E2%80%98hefazat%E2%80%99 |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |accessdate=29 May 2014}}{{cite news |title=Noted personalities express concern |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_15-05-2013_Children-in-violent-politics_497_2_5_1_0.html |newspaper=The Daily Sun |location=Dhaka |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529221919/http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_15-05-2013_Children-in-violent-politics_497_2_5_1_0.html |archive-date=29 May 2014 |accessdate=29 May 2014 |quote=May 5 Shapla Chattar grand rally of Hefazat-e-Islam. In TV footages and video clips posted on different social media showed, Hefazat brought a large number of Quami Madrasah students who mostly are below 18 years to the grand rally and siege programmes at six entry points of the capital. After crackdown by the joint forces of BGB, RAB and Police, many panic-stricken children were seen coming out from the pandemonium of the Motijheel Shapla Chattar. Later some participant children told media that they have ever come to the capital and joined the Hefazat programmes on direction of their teachers without knowing details about the programmes.}} to the protests.{{cite news |last=Raju |first=Mohammed Norul Alam |date=1 December 2013 |title=Keep the children out of it |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/op-ed/2013/dec/01/keep-children-out-it |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |accessdate=29 May 2014}}{{cite news |last=Islam |first=Zyma |date=11 January 2014 |title=Child Act-2013: A milestone not without shortcomings |url=http://childrights.thedailystar.net/2014/01/child-act-2013-a-milestone-not-without-shortcomings/ |work=Promoting Child Rights |publisher=The Daily Star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414193931/http://childrights.thedailystar.net/2014/01/child-act-2013-a-milestone-not-without-shortcomings/ |archive-date=14 April 2014 |accessdate=29 May 2014}}

The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party compared the attacks to the Pakistani crackdown on 25 March and Jalianwala Bagh massacres. BNP leader MK Anwar called it a "disastrous killing." In response, Detective Branch police raided the houses of city BNP convener Sadeque Hossain Khoka and Bangladesh Jatiya Party chairman Andaleeve Rahman Partha.

While some Hefzat activists vowed "revenge" after the killings, Hefazat amir Shah Ahmad Shafi appealed for calm{{cite news|title=Hefazat denies burning Quran allegations|url=http://www.clickittefaq.com/hefazat-denies-burning-quran-allegations/|accessdate=26 December 2016|agency=Ittefaq|publisher=Ittefaq|date=10 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226215050/http://www.clickittefaq.com/hefazat-denies-burning-quran-allegations/|archive-date=26 December 2016|url-status=dead}} and called a general strike all over Bangladesh on 12 May 2013.

On 10 June 2013, human rights group Odhikar, published a fact finding report claiming 61 deaths,{{cite web |url=http://odhikar.org/assembly-of-hefazate-islam-bangladesh-and-human-rights-violations/ |title=Assembly of Hefazate Islam Bangladesh and Human Rights Violations |date=10 June 2013 |website=Odhikar |accessdate=7 August 2014}} but refused to provide any names of the victims report, citing security concerns for the families of the victims.{{cite news |title=Odhikar's Hefajat list under wraps|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/odhikars-hefajat-list-under-wraps/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=18 August 2013 |accessdate=21 May 2014}}{{cite news |title=Odhikar Report on Hefajat Deaths: Questions aplenty |url=http://news.priyo.com/2013/09/01/odhikar-report-hefajat-deaths-questions-aplenty-84549.html |newspaper=Priyo News |date=1 September 2013 |accessdate=21 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521124207/http://news.priyo.com/2013/09/01/odhikar-report-hefajat-deaths-questions-aplenty-84549.html |archive-date=21 May 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} The Ain O Shalish Kendro demanded impartial investigation "to deal with them (Hefazat-e-Islam) more strategically and responsibly."{{cite web|url=http://www.askbd.org/web/?p=2634|title=ASK Concern of Ongoing Political clashes and Violence Observed on 5 May 2013|website=Ain O Shalish Kendro|accessdate=26 December 2016}}

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern over the killing of unarmed protesters in Bangladesh and requested the government to sit with religious and political leaders. US ambassador, Dan Mozena, has cautioned that all groups and individuals have rights to protest.

The government filed 12 cases against Hefazat-e Islam leaders for murder, vandalism, arson and destruction of properties and other charges.{{cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/05/06/12-cases-against-hifazat-leaders|title=12 cases against Hifazat leaders|date=6 May 2013|newspaper=bdnews24.com}} Hefazat denies the charges.

On 27 June{{of what?|date=January 2025}}, Martin F. McMahon & Associates, a US law firm representing two US-based organisations, Human Rights and Development for Bangladesh and Bangladeshi-Americans in Greater Washington DC{{cite news|title=Case filed against Sheikh Hasina, 25 others in ICC |url=http://www.english.rtnn.net/?/newsdetail/detail/1/1/54449 |work=Real-time News Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701082629/http://www.english.rtnn.net/?%2Fnewsdetail%2Fdetail%2F1%2F1%2F54449 |archive-date=1 July 2013 |accessdate=23 June 2015 |url-status=dead }} filed cases in the International Criminal Court against 25 Bangladeshi ministers and security officials, including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for alleged "torture, forced disappearance, extrajudicial executions and mass killings",{{cite news |title=Complaint filed at ICC against PM, 24 others |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/complaint-filed-at-icc-against-pm-24-others/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=30 June 2013 |accessdate=19 July 2013}} Ahmed Ziauddin, a Brussels based Bangladeshi lawyer who was accused of influencing the proceedings of Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal at the instruction of Bangladesh government,{{cite magazine |title=The trial of the birth of a nation |url=https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21568349-week-chairman-bangladeshs-international-crimes-tribunal-resigned-we-explain |magazine=The Economist |date=15 December 2012 |accessdate=10 April 2013}} stated- "I am not sure about the objective of it and I am sure those Washington-based organisations have some political motives. They may have been trying to create political hype since filing a complaint in the ICC does not mean proceedings of a case will start immediately"{{cite news |title=Complaint lodged at ICC accusing Hasina, 24 others |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/jun/29/complaint-lodged-icc-accusing-hasina-24-others |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |date=29 June 2013 |accessdate=24 May 2014}}

On 10 August{{of what?|date=January 2025}}, Police raided the office of Odhikar and arrested its general secretary Adilur Rahman Khan. In a press briefing Police said they found the list of 61 deaths and released it to the media.{{cite news |title=A list riddled with holes |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/odhikar-list-is-full-of-riddles/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=1 September 2013}} In a press statement, the US Department of State expressed deep concern over the arrest and demanded his immediate release.{{cite web |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/08/213064.htm |title=Detention of Bangladeshi Human Rights Activist Adilur Rahman Khan |author=Marie Harf |date=12 August 2013 |work=US Department of State |accessdate=22 August 2013}}

Following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina via a mass uprising in 2024, two mass murder cases were filed against her and her administration at the International Crimes Tribunal, on 18 and 20 August over deaths caused by indiscriminate firing during the protests.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-18 |title=Hasina sued in 2013 Shapla Chattar 'mass murder' case |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/355139/hasina-sued-in-2013-shapla-chattar-%E2%80%98mass-murder%E2%80%99 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-20 |title=Hasina, Shahriar Kabir, Imran H Sarker accused of 'genocide' at Shapla Chattar in 2013 |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/355427/hasina-shahriar-kabir-imran-h-sarker-accused-of |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140530195640/http://1dgy051vgyxh41o8cj16kk7s19f2.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Fact-finding_Hefazate-Islam_English.pdf Odhikar's full report]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH7_RE4zCpM Dhaka Metropolitan commissioner's interview published in The Prothom Alo newspaper]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PnTlyeCxX4 Independent TV's investigative report on Operation Shapla chattar]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW5oO0qs8x4 Independent TV's investigative report on Operation Shapla chattar (English sub titled)]

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