Incident report:
Habiganj Attack Details:

Former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria and four other Awami League (AL) activists were killed in a grenade attack on an AL rally at Boidder Bazar in Habiganj on January 27 2005.
About 70 others were injured in the grisly attack, similar to the August 21 carnage on Sheikh Hasina's rally in the capital last year that had claimed 23 lives and left several hundred wounded.

The four other dead were identified as Kibria's nephew Shah Manjurul Huda, 40, and AL activists Siddique Ali, 35, and Abdur Rahim, 50, of Bongaon village and Abul Hossain of Shayestaganj.

Investigation Report

Under probable pressure from international community, Bangladesh government has hurriedly charge sheeted a local BNP leader and MP aspirant. However the family of Mr Kibria, opposition political parties are not completely convinced at these investigation. As of date, Federal Bureau of Investigation has started it’s work in investigating the event.

• Comprehensive site on this incident ( www.kibria.org )

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