BSS-41 Aug 21 grenade attack staged with BNP-Jamaat patronage: PM

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Aug 21 grenade attack staged with BNP-Jamaat patronage: PM

DHAKA, Aug 28, 2018 (BSS) -Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused again the then BNP-Jamaat government of perpetrating the barbaric grenade attack on an Awami League rally in 2004, saying that such a heinous act cannot take place in the country without their patronage.

“The gruesome grenade attack was staged with the patronage of the then BNP-Jamaat government … without their help such an incident cannot take place,” she said.

The prime minister said this while exchanging views with the leaders of the Hindu community on the occasion of Janmashthami at her official Ganbhaban residence here this afternoon.

The premier said the grisly grenade attack was carried out on the peaceful Awami League rally on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital on August 21, 2004.

“We had arranged the rally for peace and in protest against terrorist activities of the militants across the country including an attack on the then British high commissioner at the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (R) in Sylhet,” she said.

Sheikh Hasina said in the world history, such a heinous act did not take place in broad daylight. “The grenades that are used in the battle field were hurled on the rally to eliminate the Awami League leaders,” she said.

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