At least 12,000 extra policemen have been deployed in Bangladesh ahead of a verdict in the trial of army officers accused of killing the first president.
Authorities say they are concerned that supporters of the five army men on trial may try to disrupt proceedings.
The trial began 10 years ago and the last stage has seen the final appeal of the alleged killers.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed in 1975, just four years after leading Bangladesh to freedom from Pakistan.
Five of the accused are in prison in the capital, Dhaka. Six others are on the run abroad.
The killers were a group of young army officers, who went on to murder not just the charismatic president, but also his wife, three sons, two daughters-in-law and about 20 other relatives and aides.
Mr Rahman's daughter Sheikh Hasina, who was re-elected prime minister in December, escaped the massacre only because she was out of the country at the time.
Warning
The thousands of extra policemen are guarding strategic buildings ahead of Thursday's final verdict in the trial, one of the country's longest-running and most controversial.
Extra men have been posted outside the Supreme Court building in the capital, Dhaka, where the verdict will be announced, as well as outside foreign embassies, at the state television and radio stations and other key buildings across Bangladesh.
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