{"id":13761,"date":"2026-07-15T16:55:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/?p=13761"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:55:39","slug":"brju-condemns-gun-attack-targeting-journalists-in-khulna-demands-arrest-and-exemplary-punishment-of-perpetrators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/?p=13761","title":{"rendered":"BRJU Condemns Gun Attack Targeting Journalists in Khulna, Demands Arrest and Exemplary Punishment of Perpetrators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ET Desk:<\/strong> Bangladesh Rural Journalists Union (BRJU) has strongly condemned and protested the gun attack targeting journalists in Khulna and demanded the immediate identification, arrest, and exemplary punishment of those responsible.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement issued on Wednesday (15 July), BRJU President Mohammad Mizanur Rahman and Secretary General Sheikh Mohammad Tajul Islam described the attack as &#8220;heinous and unacceptable.&#8221;<br \/>\nThey said that opening fire on journalists in a public place poses a serious threat to press freedom and the safety of media professionals. &#8220;Those involved in this attack are enemies of the rule of law and freedom of expression,&#8221; the statement added.<br \/>\nAccording to the statement, at around 12:00 midnight on Tuesday, a group of five to six journalists were gathered near the western side of the United Nations Children&#8217;s Park in Khulna city. They included Rakibul Islam Mati, Treasurer of MUJ Khulna and Khulna Correspondent of SATV; Rafiul Islam Tutul, former General Secretary of Khulna Press Club and former Joint General Secretary of MUJ Khulna, currently Khulna Bureau Chief of Star News; Awal Sheikh, Khulna Bureau Chief of The Business Standard; and Syed Rana Kabir, a member of MUJ Khulna and Staff Reporter of Dainik Khulnanchal.<br \/>\nDuring their gathering, two unidentified youths arrived on a motorcycle and opened fire at the journalists. One bullet struck the leg of a chair, narrowly missing the journalists and preventing a potentially fatal incident. However, journalist Awal Sheikh sustained injuries in the attack.<br \/>\nThe BRJU leaders called on the law enforcement agencies to immediately identify and arrest the perpetrators and ensure exemplary punishment under the law. They also urged the authorities to provide adequate security for all journalists working in Khulna Metropolitan City so they can perform their professional duties without fear or intimidation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ET Desk: Bangladesh Rural Journalists Union (BRJU) has strongly condemned and protested the gun attack targeting journalists in Khulna and demanded the immediate identification, arrest, and exemplary punishment of those responsible. In a joint statement issued on Wednesday (15 July), BRJU President Mohammad Mizanur Rahman and Secretary General Sheikh Mohammad Tajul Islam described the attack as &#8220;heinous and unacceptable.&#8221; They said that opening fire on journalists in a public place poses a serious threat to press freedom and the safety of media professionals. &#8220;Those involved in this attack are enemies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangladesh","category-lead-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13763,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13761\/revisions\/13763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}