We mourn
We are perplexed, we are shocked. Brutal killing that has occurred in the BDR Headquarters is inhuman. We are speechless. Due to the updated transmission of the electronic media about what was happening at the BDR Headquarters, we have seen a sad drama which is unbearable. It is a black chapter in the history of Bangladesh. Many have said that it was a mutiny; many other pointed it as a deep conspiracy. Whatever the cause is, it is true that we have lost so many talented and skilled defence officials. We have to think about it deeply. It cannot be a mutiny, it was a pre-planned killing. There should be a valid reason for a mutiny. But I don't think that killing of over 75 high ranking talented army officers, without even giving them the chance to know what their fault was, is an indication of mutiny. More or less, many Bangladeshi families have their relatives in the army. We feel proud when we say that we have our relatives who are army officers. But now we are finding the dead bodies of those talented high ranking defence officers in sewage drains! It is not a normal incident. We are finding their dead bodies from mass graves! It is not a normal incident. The freedom of this country is once again questioned by this incident. We cannot tolerate such a massacre within an independent country. It seems that it was a pre-planned conspiracy to destroy our Army and the BDR together.
We urge our government to find out the criminals who were behind it. Punish them and destroy the root of this conspiracy for our long term security.
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We never thought we would have to see mass graves in independent Bangladesh. But yet mass graves, cold-blooded murder of innocent army officers, their family members and civilians are revisiting us. We mourn the loss of many brilliant sons and daughters of the soil.
We offer silent prayers in solidarity with the families who lost their loved ones.
We, the general people, demand proper investigation into the incident and punishment to the masterminds and those who were directly involved in the killings.
Farida Begum Popy, Shamoly, Dhaka
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