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Friday, July 15, 2005

Crossfire: When innocents are victims

Daily Star/14 July,
CrossfireWhen innocents become victims At least 14 killed by Rab had no criminal recordsShariful IslamAt least 14 innocent people were killed in the custody of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and police either in "crossfire" or from torture by the law-enforcers since the beginning of an extra-judicial killing spree in June last year.
These killings were not linked to anticrime measures as the victims did not have criminal records. Such extra-judicial killings sparked widespread grievances and protests among people and human rights bodies.
In all 14 cases the victims' relatives and neighbours said they were killed intentionally for vested interest or someone might have used the law enforcement agencies to take revenge on them. In some cases, misleading information furnished to the law-enforcers had led to the killings, they said.

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