International News Safety Institute

24 October 2004

Shahid Anwar Apollo

Incident

Shahid Anwar Apollo

Cause of death

Shooting

Details

Shahid Anwar was working for the english-language daily newspaper Asian Express in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.

Police and witnesses said the unidentified assailants entered the office of the daily newspaper in the city’s busy Elephant Road area and shot twice in the forehead of Anwar.

Anwar who was one of the Assistant Editors of the daily died on way to hospital. Police suspect personal rivalry might be the reason behind the killing.

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