::: Star Weekend Magazine :::

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Cover Story

Death on
Bangabandhu
Avenue

August 21, Saturday. Rani Begum left her Hazaribagh home at 3:25 in the afternoon and led a procession towards the Bangabandhu Avenue. Like other fellow Awami League (AL) workers, who gathered in the thousands in the area, Rani was without any clue of what was in the offing. The festive look of the venue changed immediately after party chief Sheikh Hasina finished her speech. A truck was used as the podium; and when Hasina was coming down the stairs, photojournalists requested her to pause for some photos. As soon as she stopped, a grenade was hurled at the truck from a nearby building. Her personal security staff Mahabubur Rahman jumped in front of the leader to save her from any possible sniper attack. A bullet hit his head and Mahabub died instantly. Within minutes the road turned into a killing field.