Bangladesh: three media workers injured by glass bottles and bricks while reporting
Event- Country
- Bangladesh
- Initial Date
- Jan 7, 2024
- Event Description
Three journalists were injured in an attack by hartal supporters in Chandpur's Shahrasti. The incident took place in Uttarpara of Shorsak village of Suchipara North Union of Upazila at 10 am on Sunday.
It is known that during the incident, a group of hartal supporters clashed with the police striking force on their way to the local Cheriyara High School polling station. At that time, the attackers attacked the journalists while trying to take pictures of the incident. At that time, 3 journalists were injured by the glass bottles and bricks thrown by them.
The injured are - representative of Asian TV. Jamal Hossain, Daily Kalbela representative Swapan Karmakar Mithun and Alokit Chandpur newspaper representative Md. Hasanuzzaman. The injured received first aid locally.
On getting the news, the army, striking force and senior officials of the administration came and brought the situation under control.
Union Awami League general secretary. Kabir Hossain said that the attackers were supporters of BNP and Jamaat. They have carried out this attack to disrupt the elections.
- Impact of Event
- 3
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Violence (physical)
- Wounds and Injuries
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Media Worker
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Non-state
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 22.31897948374272
Longitude: 91.84819315567078
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 7 January 2024, media workers Md. Jamal Hossain, Swapan Karmakar Mithun, and Md. Hasanuzzaman, were attacked by political party supporters with glass bottles and bricks while reporting a clash in Chattogram (Chittagong), Bangladesh.