Sunday's attack linked to 17 Aug bomb blasts: Politicians
Leaders of different political parties linked Sunday's "secret attacks and destructions" to the nationwide serial blasts on August 17 in 2005, saying that Jamaat carried out such "nefarious acts" under the umbrella of BNP to protect the perpetrators of crimes against humanity and thwart the ongoing trial of war criminals.
Talking to the news agency, they said although the militant group carried out the serial blasts in around 500 spots across the country on August 17, 2005 with different ill attempts, the Sunday's attacks in the city and other parts of the country were launched with an attempt to create a chaotic situation in the country.
On Sunday, secret attacks were unleashed in the capital and elsewhere in the country that left two persons dead and hundred others injured. The attackers clashed with law enforcers, damaged and set ablaze motor vehicles.
Voicing serious concerns over such destructive activities, the leaders urged all pro-liberation forces to build a united resistance against the evil groups that are hatching conspiracy against the country's independence.
They urged the government to deal such activities with a strong hand.
“It was a pre-planned attacks and Jamaat-Shibir is involved in these destructive activities under the umbrella of its political ally BNP,” said Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon.
Comparing Sunday's vandalism with the countrywide bomb blasts on August 17, 2005, Menon said all pro-liberation forces must be united to resist Jamaat-Shibir.
“It is their desperate attempts to save war criminals. . .and Jamaat is carrying out such atrocities taking the cover of BNP,” said general secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Muzahidul Islam Selim.
He said the attacks were carried out with an attempt to resist the trial of war criminals. “The government should arrest Ghulam Azam. Religion-based politics must be banned,” Selim added.
Expressing concerns over the attacks and vandalism, presidium member of Jatiya Party (JP) Ziauddin Bablu said such secret attacks were launched with an attempt to create a chaotic situation in the country and weaken the democratic institutions.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haq Inu termed the attacks a showdown by those who are desperate to save war criminals. He said trial of war criminals would not be stopped through blasting bombs and cocktails.
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