25 June 2025 | IFJ
Bangladeshi journalist killed in violent targeted attack
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Bangladeshi journalist Khandaker Shah Alam was violently attacked and killed on June 25 in Nabinagar Upazila, in Dhaka’s northeast, in a targeted retaliation for his reporting.
Alam, a Nabinagar Upazila correspondent for the Bangla-language newspaper Daily Matrijagat, succumbed to his injuries after being assaulted by a former prisoner, Babul Mia, known locally as ‘Tiger Babul Dakat’, in alleged retaliation for Alam’s reporting on his earlier arrest. Mia, who is implicated in multiple robbery cases, was released from prison earlier that day.
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