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Chattogram Mass Killing Day observed
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 24, 2019 (BSS)-Chattogram Mass Killing Day was observed here today paying glowing tributes to those who were martyred on this day in 1988.
On this day, as many as 24 people were killed and over 200 others injured when police opened fire on a mammoth public meeting of the then chief of the 15-party alliance Sheikh Hasina at Laldighi Maidan.
Different organisations observed the day through elaborate programmes which included placing of wreaths at the monument at the court building memorial meeting and photographic exhibition.
Leaders of Bangladesh Awami League, city, Chattogram district north and south chapters led by Labour and Chattogram City Corporation placed wreaths at the monument this morning.
City mayor AJM Nasir Uddin, leaders of Sammilito Peshajibi Parishad, Chattogram District Bar Association, Bangabandhu Parishad, Bangladesh Mohila Awami League, Muktijoddha Chhatra Command and Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote also placed wreaths at the memorial.
Recalling the heart-rending scene of that incident, City Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin said it was a pre-planned attempt to shoot at the then Awami League Chief Sheikh Hasina.
Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury, acting President of City Awami League, said that people of Chattogram had pioneered significant national movements.
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