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| Witness against Sayedee comes under attack |
| 2013-12-09 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A prosecution witness in the war crimes case against Jamaat leader Sayeedi was hacked in Pirojpur early yesterday, within 40 days of the attack on the house of another. Though justice seekers and campaigners of war crimes trial keep demanding a law for the protection of witnesses and victims, no such step has yet been taken by the government. A number of prosecution witnesses reportedly received death threats in the last two years and recently, bombs were blasted near the residences of several prosecutors. Mostafa Hawlader, 55, who testified against Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayeedi ...Islamic orator and politician. He was a former Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2008, and is one of the most prominent leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami... , came under attack around 2:30am yesterday when he was asleep in his room. A man entered the house in Hoglabunia village after digging a hole from outside and started hacking Mostafa targeting the head. The sharp weapon pierced the left side of the forehead, family members say. The perpetrator vanished from sight as locals came hearing screams of Mostafa's wife Hasina, reports our Pirojpur correspondent. The injured was rushed to Pirojpur Sadar Hospital. After primary treatment there, he was sent to Khulna Medical College Hospital. Doctors at the hospital referred him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for better treatment. |
| Posted by:Fred |