Killing of Bangladeshis in the US
According to a news report published in the DS dated Sept 29, a 26-year-old Bangladeshi, Shafiqul Islam Sohel, was shot dead in a shop at Pine Bluff near Little Rock of Arkansas state on the night of Sept 25. The young man from Rangpur worked for Big Red Food Mart owned by a Bangladeshi there. It is also reported that he was the third Bangladeshi to be so killed there over the last one month. Earlier on Sept 21, Moin Hassan, a post graduate student died a day after he was shot inside a shop at Bridgeport city in Connecticut. Another victim Lutfor Rahman was shot dead at a Food Mart in Pine Bluff on Aug 25.
We are very much shocked to hear these reports of gruesome murder of innocent Bangladeshis in the United States. Such shooting incidents inside shopping centres are very rare even in a poor country like Bangladesh.
We do not know the identity of the assailants and the real motive behind such killings. We sincerely hope that the authorities in the US will immediately arrest the criminals and produce them before the court for proper punishment. We also request the US authorities concerned for taking effective measures to stop recurrence of such sad incidents in the future.
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