DHAKA (PTI): A Press photographer was killed and another seriously injured when they were hit by a running train while on duty here Oct.27 eyewitness said.

The incident occurred as the two photographers were taking pictures of police caning an unruly mob which was trying to force its way into the parliament. The protestors under the banner of Jubo command were apparently trying to counter a rally by the national coordination committee for annihilation of the killers and collaborators of 1971 demanding the trial of the detained fundamentalist leader Prof Golam Azam as a war criminal. Minister Abdul Matin Chowdhury confirmed the incident in parliament amidst unruly scenes in parliament.

Article extracted from this publication >> November 6, 1992