Senior BNP Official Critically Injured in Targeted Stabbing in Dhaka

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A senior leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) remains hospitalized in critical condition following a targeted stabbing in the capital’s Mohammadpur area on Friday afternoon.

Md. Nurul Islam, 55, who serves as the senior joint general secretary of the BNP’s 33rd ward unit, was attacked in front of his residence on Road No. 4 of the Satmasjid Housing area at approximately 2:30 p.m.

According to officials at the Mohammadpur Police Station, the assault was carried out by a group of six assailants who arrived on three motorcycles. The perpetrators intercepted Islam outside his home, inflicting severe knife wounds to his left cheek, shoulder, and left arm before fleeing the scene. Family members immediately rushed the victim to a local medical facility, from where he was subsequently transferred to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment.

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Jewel Rana, Additional Deputy Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) for the Mohammadpur zone, confirmed the incident and indicated that preliminary investigations suggest the attack was motivated by political rivalry. Law enforcement agencies, including the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and the police, have launched a joint operation to identify and apprehend the suspects involved in the attack.