Dhaka, July 9 -- A leaked audio recording of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in which she is heard ordering the use of lethal force during last year's July protests, was recovered by an investigator of the International Crimes Tribunal, the chief prosecutor has said.

Mohammad Tazul Islam, sharing the much-talked-about BBC report on Facebook, wrote: "This call recording was recovered by a special investigator of the tribunal. Much more is yet to come," calling the clip "just a trailer."

The BBC, in its report, has verified the leaked audio and confirmed it to be that of Sheikh Hasina. In the recording, she is heard instructing her security forces to "use lethal weapons" against protesters and to "shoot wherever they find them".

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