Ahmedur Rashid Tutul, publisher of
Shuddhwashawr, and bloggers Ranadipam Basu and Tareque Rahim are receiving
treatments at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Unknown assailants stabbed them
in Dhaka’s Lalmatia area Saturday afternoon. Photo: Palash Khan
-Break in and attack under broad daylight
- Stabs to the head, “gunshots fired”
- Witness describes incident
- Condition of Publisher Tutul grave
Unknown assailants stabbed a publisher of slain blogger Avijit Roy along with two
bloggers in Dhaka’s Lalmatia area this afternoon.
Ahmedur Rashid Tutul, 43, publisher of
Shuddhwashawr, and bloggers Ranadipam Basu, 50, and Tareque Rahim, 30, were
attending treatments at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
They all were hacked on the head, said Sentu
Das, an assistant sub-inspector of the hospital’s police camp. Among them, the
condition of Tutul was said to be grave.
The attack took place at the office of
Shuddhwashawr in Lalmatia Block C between 2:30pm and 3:00pm, Shamim Runa, wife
of Tutul, told The Daily Star.
A youth, who claimed to be a witness to the
incident, sought anonymity to tell The Daily Star that a group of men stormed
into the office and pinned a gun on his head to begin the assault.
“Frozen in fear, I could not tell how many there
were. They stabbed the trio in the office room and left in hurry,” he said. “I
also heard gunshots.” The youth was left unharmed.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner
Sheikh Maruf Hassan visited the injured at the hospital.
Police guard the building
in Lalmatia (Block C) of Dhaka after unknown assailants stabbed a publisher of
slain blogger Avijit Roy and two bloggers there Saturday afternoon. Photo:
Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary
This is the fourth incident of grisly attacks
this month after the murder of Japanese national Kunio Hoshi in Rangpur, murder
attempt of a pastor in Pabna and bomb attack on Shia community during Ashura
that left one dead.
The attack on free thinkers began with that of
the killing of Rajib Haider in February 2013, followed by bloggers Avijit Roy,
Oyasiqur Rahman and Ananta Bijoy Das this year.
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