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Bangladeshi journalists attacked brutally, three arrested

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Press Trust of India Dhaka

"Around 9 pm last night, a gang of criminals attacked the journalists of bdnews24.Com at its Amtoli office in the city's Mohakhali, leaving several, three of them critically, injured," the news portal said in a report today.

Home Minister Shahara Khatun visited the United Hospital, where the injured journalists are undergoing treatment and assured that those involved in the attack would be arrested "as soon as possible".

Hundreds of journalists across the country have condemned the attack and demonstrated demanding arrest of the attackers.

Meanwhile, police said they have arrested three people in connection with the attack. PTI

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First Published: May 29 2012 | 7:45 PM IST

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