Bangladesh to push for gun control globally after New Zealand terror attack

Bangladesh will campaign against the widespread use of guns globally, the foreign minister says following the terrorist attacks on New Zealand mosques.

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 17 March 2019, 02:41 PM
Updated : 17 March 2019, 03:06 PM

“We’ll raise voice for gun control,” AK Abdul Momen said, “In the US, 48 Bangladeshis have been killed in different convenient shops because of the widespread use of guns."

He was speaking at an event marking the birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Sunday in Dhaka.

State Minister for Health Dr Murad Hossain was also present as guest at the event organised by Bangladesh Study Center with its president Uttam Kumar Barua in the chair.

Former vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Prof Kamrul Hasan Khan, General Secretary of the Bangladesh Study Center Mamum Al Mahtab Swapnil, and martyred intellectual's daughter Nuzhat Choudhury also spoke, among others.

Four Bangladeshis have died – two confirmed by the New Zealand authorities and two by local Bangladeshis - in Friday’s terror attack on two mosques in Christchurch.

The foreign minister said the death toll may go up further as the New Zealand authorities ate yet to complete identification.