August 21 grande attack recalled in Ctg

CHITTAGONG: The port city of Chittagong yesterday recalled the horrifying August 21, 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in the capital, expecting intensified trial process to expose the culprits to justice, reports BSS.
Different political parties, social and cultural organisations arranged day-long programmes paying tributes to the memories of the slain and expressing sympathy to those who were wounded and crippled.
Twenty four people were killed and nearly 500 wounded, many crippled for life, as the assailants launched the grenade attack with incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the then opposition leader, being their prime target. Sheikh Hasina narrowly escaped the attack sustaining permanent hearing impairment but 24 others including Awami League’s women front chief and wife of late president Zillur Rahman died.
The port city appeared a city of processions as thousands carrying different banners and black flags and wearing black badges took to the street to mark the 12th anniversary of the grizzly attack. The main programme of the day staged by Chittagong city Awami League brought together the unit’s president and former mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury and general secretary and incumbent mayor AZM Nasir Uddin at the Theater Institute Chittagong.
Discussants at the programme said the genocide in 1971, assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu and his family members in 1975 and August 21 grenade attack in 2004 were linked by a single thread under a long drawn conspiracy. They expected the trial to be completed in soonest possible time completely unmasking the behind the scene masterminds as they were by now were largely indentified under a revised investigation. “The testimonies of the arrested members of a militant outfit and intelligence agency investigations revealed BNP high ups involvement in the attack . . . Khaleda Zia cannot deny her responsibility as the then head of the government” Mohiuddin Chowdhury said.
The north and south district units of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) in Chittagong and their front organizations, different socio-cultural organizations, trade unions and professional bodies organized several programmes to observe the black day in the city and its outskirts.

August 21 grande attack recalled in Ctg

CHITTAGONG: The port city of Chittagong yesterday recalled the horrifying August 21, 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in the capital, expecting intensified trial process to expose the culprits to justice, reports BSS. Different political parties, social and cultural organisations arranged day-long programmes paying tributes to the memories of the slain and expressing sympathy to those who were wounded and crippled. Twenty four people were killed and nearly 500 wounded, many crippled for life, as the assailants launched the grenade attack with incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the then opposition leader, being their prime target. Sheikh Hasina narrowly escaped the attack sustaining permanent hearing impairment but 24 others including Awami Leagues women front chief and wife of late president Zillur Rahman died. The port city appeared a city of processions as thousands carrying different banners and black flags and wearing black badges took to the street to mark the 12th anniversary of the grizzly attack. The main programme of the day staged by Chittagong city Awami League brought together the units president and former mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury and general secretary and incumbent mayor AZM Nasir Uddin at the Theater Institute Chittagong. Discussants at the programme said the genocide in 1971, assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu and his family members in 1975 and August 21 grenade attack in 2004 were linked by a single thread under a long drawn conspiracy. They expected the trial to be completed in soonest possible time completely unmasking the behind the scene masterminds as they were by now were largely indentified under a revised investigation. The testimonies of the arrested members of a militant outfit and intelligence agency investigations revealed BNP high ups involvement in the attack . . . Khaleda Zia cannot deny her responsibility as the then head of the government Mohiuddin Chowdhury said. The north and south district units of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) in Chittagong and their front organizations, different socio-cultural organizations, trade unions and professional bodies organized several programmes to observe the black day in the city and its outskirts.