07 November 2016

News Story: One dead, three injured in Bangladesh airport knife attack

DHAKA, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- A security personnel has been killed and three others injured in a stabbing attack on Sunday night at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladesh capital Dhaka.

The deceased has been identified as Md Sohagh Ali, 28, who is a member of Ansar, a lightly-armed volunteer paramilitary force for the preservation of internal security and law enforcement in Bangladesh.

A Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) official who preferred to be unnamed said a knife-wielding man attacked the security personnel posted at the entrance to the departure lounge of the airport on Sunday night.

Read the full story at Xinhua