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Rohingya man shot dead in Cox’s Bazar
A 42-year-old Rohingya refugee was shot dead allegedly by assailants at Balukhali camp in Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday evening.
The deceased was identified as Mohammad Shah, a resident of Modhur Chhora camp-17 in Balukhali.
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Deceased’s wife Sazeda Begum said that the assailants shot Mohammad Shah while he was talking over the phone near a shop in the camp in the Modhur Chhora area at 5pm on Wednesday and fled immediately.
Later, he was rushed to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival, said Sheikh Md Ali, officer-in-charge of Ukhiya police station.
The body was kept in the hospital morgue for an autopsy, he said. "Efforts are on to identify and nab the killers,” said the OC.
Rohingya man shot dead in Cox’s Bazar
A Rohingya man was shot dead allegedly by miscreants at Ukhiya Balur Math camp in Cox’s Bazar early Thursday, said police.
The deceased was identified as Salimullah, a resident of the camp and a volunteer of the camp.
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A group of miscreants opened fire on Salimullah, leaving him injured, said Sheikh Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge of Ukhia Police Station.
Later, he was taken to Sadar hospital where doctors declared him dead.
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Police recovered the body Thursday morning.
Bangladeshi man shot dead by Indian Khashias; BSF hands over body
Indian Border Security Force(BSF) handed the body of a Bangladeshi man, who was shot dead by Indian Khashias five days ago,to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Kabir Hossain,32, of Champkanagar village at West Jaflong union in Sylhet.
BSF members handed over the body to BGB after a flag meeting at West Jaflong border around 10:30 am, said Omar Faruque Moral, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Goainghat police station.
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According to BGB, on May 23, around 5:30 pm Kabir, Selim Mia and Kamil Mia from Champaknagar village went to Mayabati area along the border through the side of Mayabati waterfall.
When some Indian Khashia community people started firing bullets at them Selim and Kamil managed to flee and returned to Bangladesh but Kabir could not.
On May 26, locals spotted Kabir’s body lying along Indian border near mayabati waterfall and local UP member Faruque Hossain informed the matter to police.
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BSF later agreed to hand over the body after a flag meeting withBGB, said OC Omar Faruque.
Indigenous man shot dead in Rangamati
A 45-year-old indigenous man was shot dead by some armed miscreants at Langdu and Barakal border areas of Rangamati early Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Lakshmi Kumar Chakma, a resident of Subalang area of Barakal upazila. He was a former member of the regional party United People's Democratic Front (UPDF).
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Nasir Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Barakal police station, said some gunmen opened fire at Lakshmi near his home in Shilchhari area around 1:45am, leaving him dead and fled the scene immediately.
Lakshmi recently left UPDF and used to earn his bread by farming, said locals.
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However, the OC said the motive behind the killing can be ascertained after an investigation.
Slain Al Jazeera journalist was icon of Palestinian coverage
An Al Jazeera correspondent who was shot dead on Wednesday during an Israeli raid in the West Bank was a highly respected journalist in the Middle East whose unflinching coverage was known to millions of viewers.
News of Shireen Abu Akleh's death reverberated across the region. The 51-year-old journalist became a household name synonymous with Al Jazeera’s coverage of life under occupation during her more than two decades reporting in the Palestinian territories, including during the second intifada, or uprising, that killed thousands on both sides, most of them Palestinians.
Abu Akleh's name trended across Twitter in Arabic on Wednesday, setting social media alight with support for the Palestinians. Her image was projected over the main square in the West Bank city of Ramallah as mourners flooded the Al Jazeera offices there and her family home in east Jerusalem.
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Al Jazeera and witnesses, including her producer who was shot in the back Wednesday, said she was killed by Israeli gunfire. Israel said it was unclear who was responsible, calling it “premature and irresponsible to cast blame at this stage.” Later Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister, Benny Gantz promised a transparent investigation, and said he was in touch with U.S. and Palestinian officials.
Abu Akleh's coverage of the harsh realities of Israel’s military occupation was inextricably linked with her own experiences as a Palestinian journalist on the front lines. Her death underscores the heavy price the conflict continues to exact on Palestinians, whether they are journalists or not.
Although she was also a U.S. citizen who often visited America in the summers, she lived and worked in east Jerusalem and the West Bank, where those who knew her said she felt most at home. A Palestinian Christian whose family was originally from Bethlehem, she was born and raised in Jerusalem. She leaves behind a brother.
In an Al Jazeera video released last year, Abu Akleh recalled the scale of destruction and “the feeling that death was at times just around the corner” during her coverage of the second intifada, from 2000-2005. “Despite the dangers, we were determined to do the job," she said.
“I chose journalism so I could be close to the people,” she added. "It might not be easy to change the reality, but at least I was able to communicate their voice to the world.”
Abu Akleh joined Al Jazeera in 1997, just a year after the groundbreaking Arabic news network launched. Among her many assignments were covering five wars in Gaza and Israel’s war with Lebanon in 2006. She reported on forced home evictions, the killings of Palestinian youth, the hundreds of Palestinians held without charge in Israeli prisons and the continuous expansion of Jewish settlements.
Her longtime producer, Wessam Hammad, said Abu Akleh possessed an incredible ability to remain calm under pressure.
“Shireen worked all these years with a commitment to the values and ethics of our profession,” he said of Abu Akleh, who the network called “the face of Al Jazeera in Palestine.”
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He and Abu Akleh were often caught in Israeli cross-fire during the many stories they covered together, he said. On one assignment, their car filled with tear gas and they struggled to breathe. When they would think back on these moments, he said Abu Akleh would laugh and marvel at how they managed to survive.
Images of the moments after Abu Akleh was shot in the head on the outskirts of the Jenin refugee camp circulated online and were broadcast on Al Jazeera and other Arabic news channels. Wearing a helmet and a vest clearly marked “PRESS," Abu Akleh’s body was shown lying face down in a patch of sand. A Palestinian man jumped over a wall to reach her as gunshots rang out, dragging her motionless body to a car.
In video from the West Bank hospital where Abu Akleh was pronounced dead, a male colleague was seen weeping at her hospital bed as others choked back tears. A female correspondent for Al Jazeera in the Gaza Strip wept on air as she reported from a vigil for the journalist.
Later Wednesday, Abu Akleh’s body, draped in a Palestinian flag and covered by a wreath of flowers, was carried through downtown Ramallah on a red stretcher. Hundreds chanted, “With our spirit, with our blood, we will redeem you, Shireen.”
An outpouring of condemnation came from governments around the world. The U.S. State Department called her death “an affront to media freedom.” And U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was “appalled by the killing.”
In an opinion piece published in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, columnist Gideon Levy praised her bravery, saying “Abu Akleh died a hero, doing her job,” and noted that she went to Jenin and other occupied areas that Israeli journalists “rarely if ever visited.”
It had started as another routine assignment for Abu Akleh. She'd emailed colleagues that she was heading to the Jenin refugee camp to check on reports of an Israeli military raid. “I will bring you the news as soon as the picture becomes clear,” she wrote.
“Generations grew up seeing her work,” producer Hammad, said. “People listened to Shireen’s voice and were influenced by her to study journalism so they could be like her.”
Abu Akleh's niece, Lina Abu Akleh, described her as a “best friend” and “second mom”.
“She is someone that I was looking up to since I was a kid, watching all of her reports," she told journalists from the family's home. "I never thought this day would come where the news would be about her."
Bangladeshi businessman shot dead in Philippines
A Bangladeshi businessman has been shot dead by some unidentified gunmen in Metro Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain, 63, of Munshiganj district. He was president of Bangladesh Garment Traders Association Philippines Corporation.
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Anwar was attacked at Pasay City around Philippine time 8:37 pm on Thursday, confirmed Anwar Hossain's brother Abul Hossain to UNB.
Anwar used to sell garments from Bangladesh in the Philippines.
Efforts are underway to bring the body back to the country, said Abul Hossain.
His family has appealed to the Bangladesh Embassy in Manila to take the issue up with the local authorities in the Philippines for a proper investigation into the killing so they get justice.
Noakhali child murder: 4 accused remanded
A Noakhali court on Thursday placed four people in 5-day police remand each in a case filed over shooting a 4-year old dead while she was on her father’s lap in Begumganj upazila.
Senior Judicial Magistrate of Chief Judicial Magistrate court Towhidul Islam passed the order after investigation officer in the case appealed for 7-day in remand for each five accused.
The remanded accused are- Sujon, Sohel Uddin, Naimul Islam and Akbar Hossain.
On Tuesday the case filed over killing Tasfia Aktar Jannat was handed over to Detective Branch (DB) of police for further investigation.
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Saiful Islam, officer-in-charge of DB said, “The recording of confessional statement given by prime accused MD Rimon under section 164 of penal code is under process.
On Tuesday night, a team of Rab Battalion 11 arrested the five accused during a drive at Char Clark union in Subarnachar upazila.
On April 13, Mowlana Abu Jaher and his daughter suffered bullet wounds fired by a group of 20 people allegedly led by Rimon, Mohin , Naim , Akbar at a shop near his house at Hajipur union in the upazila.
The group attacked the shop owner Abdullah Al over a feud regarding soil excavation but Jaher and Tasfia had no involvement in it.
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Next day, Tasfia’s uncle Humayun Kabir filed a case against 17 people including Rimon and Badshah along with some 11 more anonymous people.
So far, law enforcers managed to arrest nine of the accused in this case.
Trader shot dead in Brahmanbaria
A trader was shot dead by some unknown assailants in his house at Baghaura village in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district in the early hours of Monday.
The deceased was Atikur Rahman Sumon,28, owner of a furniture shop and son of Abu Mia from Moulvibazar.
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“Sumon was shot around 5 am and died at the spot as he came out of home after eating Sehri for fasting, “said Aminur Rashid, officer-in-Charge of Nabinagar police station.
Efforts are on to identify the killers and arrest them, said the OC.
Man shot dead in Munshiganj clash
Tension prevailed in Sadar upazila's Fakirhandi area on Thursday after a 28-year-old man was allegedly shot dead in a clash between two rival groups.
The deceased was identified as Jewel Fakir, a fuchka vendor and son of Hafiz Uddin Fakir. He was also involved in transporting potatoes during potato harvesting season.
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Additional Superintendent of Police Sumon Deb said two groups at Fakirkandi village-one led by Harun and another by Mantu- had been at loggerheads over controlling the business of transporting potatoes.
As a sequel to the enmity, a clash broke out between the supporters of the two groups around 4:15 am.
At one stage, the supporters of Mantu also beat up Jewel, a supporter of Harun group, mercilessly and opened fire on him, leaving him dead.
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On information, police recovered the body and arrested Nannu Haji in this connection.
Additional police force have been deployed in the area to avert further trouble.
A tense situation is prevailing in the area following the clash.
Bangladeshi shot dead ‘by BSF’ along Kushtia border
A 35-year-old man was shot dead allegedly by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Bilgathua border in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia on Saturday night.
The deceased was identified as Liton Biswas, son of Akbar Biswash of Bilgathua Mathpara village in the upazila.
Local people said a group of people including Liton was returning to the village from India through the border at night.
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At one stage, BSF troops of Meghna camp of Hoglabaria in Nadia district opened fire on them, leaving Liton dead.
Others managed to enter the country safely.
However, Zabid Hasan, officer-in-charge of Doulatpur Police Station, said the body was kept at Hoglabaria Police Station and the reason behind the killing could not be ascertained yet
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