Dr Yunus expresses deep shock at BDR HQ massacre
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep shock at the carnage that took place in the BDR headquarters, reports UNB.
In a condolence message, he said the massacre that took place in the BDR HQs has left him astounded and broken-hearted as it did the whole country.
"I can't accept that this kind of thing can happen in our own country and can be carried out by our own people. Are they part of us? Or are they some freaks among us? I shudder to be accused that as a nation we have been nourishing a violent streak in us."
Prof Yunus said: "Today in the midst of all our shock, let us do soul-searching to find out where we are going wrong, what makes our society go berserk and turns us more primitive than any primitive community we can imagine."
He strongly felt that as a nation "we must go through a thorough cleansing process to wash out the last element of violence in us - in our thinking, in our words, and in our deeds."
The Nobel Laureate said: "I find no words to express my anguish at the cruel murder of so many of the nation's valiant sons and daughters who have been leading our armed forces and serving the nation and the common people so dedicatedly.
"I join with the nation in offering my condolences to their near ones, at this moment of their unbearable loss."
Prof Yunus said: But the loss is not theirs alone. What the country and the institution of the armed forces lost today has devastated all of us. We are one today in grief."
In a condolence message, he said the massacre that took place in the BDR HQs has left him astounded and broken-hearted as it did the whole country.
"I can't accept that this kind of thing can happen in our own country and can be carried out by our own people. Are they part of us? Or are they some freaks among us? I shudder to be accused that as a nation we have been nourishing a violent streak in us."
Prof Yunus said: "Today in the midst of all our shock, let us do soul-searching to find out where we are going wrong, what makes our society go berserk and turns us more primitive than any primitive community we can imagine."
He strongly felt that as a nation "we must go through a thorough cleansing process to wash out the last element of violence in us - in our thinking, in our words, and in our deeds."
The Nobel Laureate said: "I find no words to express my anguish at the cruel murder of so many of the nation's valiant sons and daughters who have been leading our armed forces and serving the nation and the common people so dedicatedly.
"I join with the nation in offering my condolences to their near ones, at this moment of their unbearable loss."
Prof Yunus said: But the loss is not theirs alone. What the country and the institution of the armed forces lost today has devastated all of us. We are one today in grief."