Imran Rahman & Agencies
 The son of assassinated former Bangladeshi Finance Minister Shah A.M.S. Kibria has accused the ruling Nationalist-Islamist coalition of killing his father, officials said yesterday. "My father has been killed in a pre-meditated manner," Dr. Reza Kibria told reporters, adding that an international probe into the grenade attack would uncover the true culprits.
| That's assuming the turbans on top allow one to happen. Didn't happen last time, when they grenaded the Awami League rally, did it? |
The 74-year-old Kibria was killed in a grenade attack on an opposition rally carried out by unidentified assailants in northeastern Habiganj district on Thursday. Deeply shocked by the brutal killing, Kibria's daughter, Nazni, blamed the coalition government of denying her father timely medical treatment after he was struck down by an exploding grenade along with four other people attending the rally organized by the main opposition Awami League. "From whom will we seek justice?" said Nazni Kibria, expressing doubts about getting justice from the government or any of its organizations. Kibria, a retired diplomat and lawmaker, was finance minister in the Awami League government for five years from 1996 to 2001. |