Shukur Hossain

Year: 2002

Nationality: Bangladesh

Killed by: Political Group

Location: Ula, Bangladesh

Press organization: Anirban

What's Shukur Hossain's story?

Hossain, a crime reporter for the Khulna-based newspaper Anirban, was kidnapped from his home in Ula, a village near the town of Dumuria, Khulna District, at around midnight by a group of about 35 armed men. Police suspect that the assailants belonged to the outlawed Biplobi Communist Party, one of several guerrilla groups active in the lawless southwest of the country.

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