Aug 21 attack wouldn’t have been possible without then govt’s patronage
“They (BNP-Jamaat govt) thought that I had been killed (in the grenade attack), but when they came to know that I didn’t die they allowed four criminals to flee the country,” she said, reports UNB.
She said the then BNP-Jamaat government assembled the terrorists and militants for carrying out such an attack and gave them a safe passage to flee abroad.
Sheikh Hasina made the allegation while addressing a discussion marking the August 21, 2004 grenade attack.
Awami League organised the event at its Bangabandhu Avenue central office. The Prime Minister attended the event virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban.
“No one dared to dream that there would be Arges grenade attack (on the rally) attempting to kill in broad daylight,” she said.
Recalling the barbaric carnage, Sheikh Hasina alleged that then Prime Khaleda Zia and her government staged grenade attack as killings is their habit.
She said that Bangabandhu killers Dalim and Rashid were among those criminals while the other two were militant Tajul and one jailer.
After the attack, she said, police lobbed teargas shells and charged batons on AL leaders and workers instead of rescuing the victims.
