Originally From: https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/bangladesh-brahmanbaria-patrika-journalist-hacked-to-death.html Ashiqul Islam, district correspondent of the Daily Monitor and a reporter for local daily Brahmanbaria Patrika was hacked to death in a knife- attack on the evening of January 9 while he was returning home. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses condolence to Islam’s family and demands that the Bangladesh government investigate the case swiftly and bring the perpetrators to justice. According to a media- report, a group of assailants, attacked 27-year-old Islam with a knife near Faruki Park in Brahmanbaria,Chattogram, at around 7 pm while…
