PM to pay homage to Gulshan attack victims tomorrow

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, is set to pay homage to the victims of the Gulshan attack tomorrow at Army Stadium in Banani in the capital.

‘The prime minister would pay tributes to the victims of Gulshan attack by placing wreaths on their coffins at the Army Stadium at 10:00am,’ PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS.

Later, the bodies of the victims killed in the barbaric attack by armed terrorists on a Spanish restaurant in Gulshan on Friday night would be kept at the Army Stadium from 10:00am to noon to facilitate the people of all strata for paying homage to them, the press secretary said.

Twenty hostages - nine Italians, seven Japanese, one Indian, one Bangladeshi American and two Bangladeshis - were killed in the terror attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan on Friday night.

Besides, two senior police officers-Banani Police Station officer-in-charge Salauddin Ahmed Khan and Detective Branch assistant commissioner Robiul Islam-were killed when they tried to rescue the hostages.

OC Salauddin was laid to eternal rest at Banani Graveyard in Dhaka, while AC Robiul was buried at her village home in Manikganj.