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Dr. Nazli Kibria Speaks About Her Father's Assassination (Part 2)

15-February-2005
Dr Nazli Kibria's Interview 

Dr. Nazli Kibria, Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston University spoke to VOA about her father, SAMS Kibria's assassination in Bangladesh. The former finance minister was killed in a grenade attack in Habiganj in Bangladesh.

Dr. Kibria accuses the government of gross negligence. She alleges that though the family desperately tried to contact several government agencies to get a helicopter to transport the seriously wounded Mr. Kibria to Dhaka, the government failed to respond.

Dr. Kibria  also said that as a sociologist she notices a distinct pattern in the killings. She said people in Bangladesh are beginning to realize that violence and terror cannot rule the nation.

This is the seacond part of the interview.

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