Two Bangladeshi TV journalists stabbed to death at their home in capital Dhaka

Two well-known Bangladeshi have been stabbed to death in the country’s capital, , and their bodies have been found by their 5-year-old son.

Sagar Sarwar and his wife, , both in their late 30’s, were stabbed to death at their apartment early on Saturday.

The journalists’ bodies were found by their five-year-old son, who then called relatives living nearby, police said.

The motive for the killings was not known and it was unclear if the deaths were related to their work.

Two well known Bangladeshi television journalists have been stabbed to death in the country’s capital Dhaka and their bodies have been found by their 5 year old son photo

Two well-known Bangladeshi television journalists have been stabbed to death in the country’s capital, Dhaka, and their bodies have been found by their 5-year-old son

Sagar Sarwar, a news editor at private TV station Maasranga, was found with his hands tied behind his back.

Meherun Runi worked as a senior reporter at ATN Bangla, another private station.

Preliminary investigations suggested that the killings had been planned and that the couple had probably known their attackers, a senior detective was quoted by local newspapers as saying.

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Posted by on Feb 11 2012. Filed under Asia News, Breaking News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.
  • SACHIN

    BD Priminister’s son Sajib Wajed Joy , Jahangir Kabir Nanok and Ashraf have killed journalists (shagor-runi) to cover up their corruptions in energy sector. Sagor-Runi also had information about illegal money tranfer that has been made to Sajib Wazed Joy and Sayma Putul with Shekh Hasina’s approval . Foreign Intellegence agencies are well aware of that misconduct and brutality of Sheikh Hasina and her children.

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