Gun attack on city hotel injures 6
Monday, 6 October 2008
Six people were critically injured in a gun attack on a hotel in the city's Karwan Bazar area on Sunday morning, reports UNB.
Police said gunmen, numbering 8-10, stormed into the hotel, Western Garden, at about 11:25am and started spraying bullets indiscriminately, leaving four of its staff injured.
As local people rushed to the hotel hearing the gunshots, the terrorists opened fire on them too and fled the scene. Two RMG workers, passing by the area during the gun attack, also suffered bullet wounds.
The injured hotel men were identified as manager Abdul Hakim (37), boys Suman (23) and Faruk (26), and security guard M Babul (42). The injured pedestrians are RMG workers M Alam (22) and Saidul Islam (25). They were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Police suspected that the gunmen made the attack as their demand for toll went unheeded.
Police said gunmen, numbering 8-10, stormed into the hotel, Western Garden, at about 11:25am and started spraying bullets indiscriminately, leaving four of its staff injured.
As local people rushed to the hotel hearing the gunshots, the terrorists opened fire on them too and fled the scene. Two RMG workers, passing by the area during the gun attack, also suffered bullet wounds.
The injured hotel men were identified as manager Abdul Hakim (37), boys Suman (23) and Faruk (26), and security guard M Babul (42). The injured pedestrians are RMG workers M Alam (22) and Saidul Islam (25). They were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Police suspected that the gunmen made the attack as their demand for toll went unheeded.