Assassination of Ziaur Rahman
1981 murder in Chittagong, Bangladesh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ziaur Rahman, the sixth president of Bangladesh, was assassinated by a faction of officers of Bangladesh Army, on 30 May 1981, in the south-eastern port city of Chittagong. Rahman went to Chittagong to arbitrate in a clash between the local leaders of his political party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. On the night of 30 May, a group of officers commandeered the Chittagong Circuit House, a government residence where Rahman was staying, shooting him and several others.
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Assassination of Ziaur Rahman | |
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Location | Circuit House, Chittagong, Bangladesh |
Date | 30 May 1981 4:00 a.m. (BST) |
Target | Ziaur Rahman |
Attack type | Military coup |
Weapons | 11 sub machine guns 3 rocket launchers 3 grenade firing rifles |
Deaths | 8 person;
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Injured | 16 person (including Guards) |
Perpetrators | 16 army officers with a few soldiers
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Motive | Social injustices, corruption, political and economic rot during Ziaur Rahman regime[1] |
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